In June of the year 2024, veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams They began a space journey next to the NASA Starliner ship starting from Space launch complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Florida (USA). The initial idea was that the trip did not last long, but after a motor failure, they were stranded in space for nine months.
After nine months at the International Space Station, the body of both astronauts will have suffered numerous changes derived from pressure, ingrability and many other factors that are completely different from those that are accustomed to our planet. Now, scientists and experts try to explain What will they have to face Wilmore and Williams and how long it will last.
As Dr. Christopher Mason explained, Weill Medicine Professor Cornell, in the program “Fox & Friends“, The body of both astronauts will undergo numerous changes, in fact, the immune system will need time to respond to the stress of a space flight so prolonged over time. Dr. Manson was one of the main researchers of the NASA Twin Study.
Symptoms and adaptation period
As explained in the Fox chain, “We observe changes in genetic expressionwhich is the way in which genes are regulated in the body, and, in general, telomeres are lengthened a little in space in almost all the missions that we have analyzed, so we foresee some of these changes. “It has been shown to spend long periods in the space makes astronauts higher and thinner For a time.
It is very common for people who make space trips They require physiotherapy sessions to try to strengthen the bones and muscles that have been able to suffer some deterioration because they have not been used regularly due to the lack of gravity. There are many other symptoms that affect astronauts who return to the mainland after a long time.
The Vision Alterations They are also very frequent because the lack of gravity changes the current flow of blood that pumps the heart, part of that liquid can be stored in the back of the eyes creating view problems. Experts such as Dr. Mason say that “they will spend a couple of months before They feel more or less normal here on earth“
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