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NASA Astronauts Return Home After More Than Half a Year on the ISS

As their mission is almost accomplished, two NASA astronauts are ready to return home after more than a half a year at the ISS. How hard will it be for them to see the changing world due to the COVID-19…

April 12, 2020 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Astronauts are Revealing Their Secrets of Surviving Isolation along other People

With the COVID-19 disease infecting people from all across the globe, space seems like the perfect refuge. But even so, some astronauts decided to isolate themselves as thousands of normal people are doing. This seems like the wisest decision in…

March 26, 2020 ·by Asheley Rice· 0

SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule To Fly Two Astronauts To The ISS In May

SpaceX and Boeing competed for NASA’s plan to put astronauts again in space. It’s been nine years since the last human mission in space via an American rocket. SpaceX got $2.6 billion to have the Crew Dragon capsule ready to…

February 16, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Astronauts Returning Home Experience High Heart Rate, But Low Blood Pressure

It is a little disorienting for astronauts to come back to the force of Earth’s gravity from a spaceflight were there was no gravity. When that happens, they faint. What happens to astronauts when they return home? There is a…

July 21, 2019 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Heavy Physical Impact on Astronauts Returning to Earth From Space, Explained

This Monday saw Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jaques return home after an extended mission on the ISS. We take a look at his equally grand task of readjusting his body to the conditions on Earth. The astronaut’s mission has put him…

June 26, 2019 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Space Travel Triggers Herpes In Astronauts, NASA Study Revealed

Some recent test showed that space travel does something to the human body and reactivates dormant herpes virus in more than half of the astronauts. That is the result of the latest NASA research conducted on astronauts who travel on…

March 18, 2019 ·by Vadim Caraiman· 0

What Happens if Astronauts Get Sick in Space?

As you can probably imagine, in the unfortunate situation of an astronaut getting sick, they cannot just come back to Earth to see a doctor. So what happens instead? It seems that NASA, along with other space agencies are ready…

August 10, 2018 ·by Asheley Rice· 0

Scientists Are Developing A Device That Will Combat Depression In Astronauts

Researchers are now struggling to develop a new spacesuits gadget with the purpose to monitor the astronauts’ depression level and to offer improvements and increase the astronauts’ well-being. It has been observed since the first human flights in the space…

February 27, 2018 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0