Short trips to space can have a toll on an astronaut’s body

Only about 600 people have ever traveled to space. The vast majority of astronauts over the past six decades have been middle-aged men on short-duration missions of fewer than 20 days. Today, with private, commercial and multinational spaceflight providers and flyers entering the market, we are witnessing a new era of human spaceflight. Missions have ranged fromContinue reading “Short trips to space can have a toll on an astronaut’s body”
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