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How Lying In Bed For 60 Days Helps Astronauts

NASA's Curious Universe by Katie Konans

Jun 24, 202527:17Science & Medicine

In space, microgravity changes the body. Body fluids shift from the legs toward the head, the back of our eyes flatten, we lose muscle strength, our bones lose some of their density, and even the amount of blood pumped b...

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How Lying In Bed For 60 Days Helps Astronauts is an episode from NASA's Curious Universe by Katie Konans. In space, microgravity changes the body. Body fluids shift from the legs toward the head, the back of our eyes flatten, we lose muscle...

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Published Jun 24, 2025, 27:17 long, audio available.