While astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days on the International Space Station, the mass of his heart shrank by about 27 percent, according to new research in the journal Circulation .
That might sound alarming, but it’s a reflection of how adaptable the human heart is, explains study author Benjamin Levine, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, to the New York Times ’ Kenneth Chang. On Earth, the heart has to pump blood hard enough to move it upward while gravity pulls it down.
Not to change the topic exactly:
Virgin Galactic’s ‘Imagine’ Spaceship Brings Us Closer to Space Travel –
Virgin Galactic ’s shiny new spaceship, VSS Imagine , is the third generation of the aerospace company’s aircraft that will soon be ferrying citizen astronauts from earth to space. Imagine ’s exterior is finished in a mirror-like material that will reflect the surrounding environment—from the browns and muted colors of the mountains around Virgin’s spaceport in New Mexico, to the blue sky as it ascends, and into the blackness of space.
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How Long-Term Space Travel Changes the Human Body | Observer
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Long-Term Space Travel Can Shrink Human Heart, Study Finds | Time
But of all of the challenges the body faces during extended periods in zero-g, perhaps the worst is the hit that the heart takes, as a study out this week reveals. The research , published in the journal Circulation , took an unfamiliar approach to investigating cardiac health, comparing the effect Kelly’s near-year in space had on his heart to similar changes experienced by endurance swimmer Benoit Lecomte, who swam 2,821 km (1,753 mi) from Japan to Hawaii from June to November
What happens to the human heart after 1 year in space?
Earth's gravity was undoubtedly a factor in the way human muscles evolved. The heart, for example, has to be strong enough to pump blood upward from the feet, where it would otherwise collect.
A research letter from cardiovascular experts at the University of Texas Southwestern (UT Southwestern) examines the physiological effects spending 340 days in space had on Kelly.
World's First Space Hotel to Open in 2027 - Outlook Traveller
Get ready to go where no man has gone before. The Gateway Foundation has announced the opening of the world’s first space hotel, The Voyager Space Station, in 2027. The hotel will be constructed over 11,600 square meters of habitable space in the shape of a ferris wheel. The space station will create artificial gravity using centrifugal force as the hotel will keep spinning to simulate gravity in its pods.
The Gateway Foundation was founded in 2012 with the purpose of building the world’s first rotating space station in orbit.
A story of slavery and space travel in Brazil | The Independent
n her home at the edge of the village, close enough to the launch base that she can see the rockets climb above her roof, Maria Jose Lima Pinheiro began to tell her story. It was about family. But it was also about space exploration, slavery , the world's most powerful country and, ultimately, the looming destruction of her community.
By a coincidence of fate, the historically black villages, called quilombos, sit on what the global aerospace industry considers some of the most valuable real estate on the planet. Less than 200 miles from the equator – the global sweet spot – Alcantara is one of the easiest places on Earth to launch satellites into geostationary orbit.
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