Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were meant to spend eight days in space in what was a routine trip conducting scientific experiments. They splashed down off t ...

Space travel presents unique physiological and psychological challenges for astronauts, including muscle weakening, bone loss ...

If you feel pain in your bone, even if it isn’t constant, tell your doctor. Early treatments may keep the bone from breaking. Metastatic cancer weakens bones. That makes it easier for them to ...

However, on the flip side, cells that build bone tissue become slower and those ... as Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) caused by added pressure to the brain.

Spaceflight-induced bone loss can put astronauts at risk of developing kidney ... and vision during spaceflight called spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS). Microgravity causes a person ...

Shocking before-and-after images of NASA's stranded astronauts show the terrifying damage that months spent in the harsh ...

Bone density loss — also known as osteoporosis ... problems due to Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS). While the exact cause is still being researched by scientists, one ...

Bone Density and Muscle Loss One of the most significant challenges ... NASA has identified a disorder called Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS), which causes swelling in the optic ...

The authors describe 27 clearly manufactured bone tools (Fig. 1) found during excavations. Although this number might not seem huge, how the tools were made and the choice of which bones to use ...

According to NASA, astronauts experience a loss of bone density and muscle atrophy ... as Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS). The heart in space changes from an oval shape ...