astronauts Archives - Health Thoroughfare

Astronauts Will Grow Dwarf Tomatoes in Space

If you don’t prefer tomatoes on your tables, maybe you’ll like to devour them hundreds of kilometers above the Earth’s surface. That’s what astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) seem to have had in mind when they decided to…

December 5, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The International Space Station Will Have a Surgical Robot On Board

While most boys dreamed of becoming astronauts when they were little, even those cool and smart guys who put on spacesuits can get sick. This is especially available when space missions last long periods of time, such as a few…

August 9, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Space Missions Cause Significant Bone Loss, New Study Claims

Perhaps you’ve already heard about astronauts feeling a bit under the weather after engaging in a space mission, not to mention that they have trouble readapting to Earth’s gravity. A new study confirms that space travel is far from being…

July 3, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

NASA Presents Its Next-Generation Spacesuits

NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission that’s scheduled to start in 2025 to return humans to the Moon requires a lot of work. This is somewhat surprising, considering that technology had evolved tremendously since 50 years ago when the space agency last…

June 8, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

New Report Offers Horrific Solutions for How to Deal with Astronauts Dying on Mars

It should be only a matter of time until humanity will arrive on Mars, but scientists are constantly analyzing the scenario as it could be a lot more dangerous than anybody thought possible. There are a lot of risks once…

April 18, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

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