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How NASA handles astronaut medical emergencies in space

When something goes wrong with a human body in orbit, there is no nearby emergency room, no quick ambulance ride, and no easy way home. NASA has had to build an entire parallel health system that can function in microgravity,

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NASA Evacuation of ISS Highlights How Astronauts Prepare for Medical Emergencies in Space

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Astronauts Are Safe After NASA Medical Evacuation From Space Station

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Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station

Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth.

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NASA Executes Rare Medical Evacuation From the International Space Station

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SpaceX Crew-11 back on Earth after NASA’s 1st medical evacuation

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Astronauts' brains change shape and position after time in space, study finds

The research has implications for NASA’s goals to build a base on the moon and eventually conduct crewed missions to Mars.

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Rice students develop an award-winning adaptive exercise harness for astronauts to use in space

A team of Rice engineering students has designed an innovative space exercise harness that won this year's Technology Collaboration Center’s Wearables Workshop and University Challenge. Their design answered a challenge posed by the HumanWorks Lab and ...

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Astronaut explains how restrooms work in space

Forget all the scientific advances, the most popular question asked of astronauts is much more primal: How do you use the restroom? Suction is needed to counteract the lack of gravity, and it's not much more complicated than that, according to European ...