by Anna Drangowska-Way – Lifespan.io
Will sending humans to space make them age slower or faster? Will they be healthier, or will their health suffer? As space exploration progresses, researchers are working to find answers to those questions.
It is no surprise that NASA is investigating the impact of spaceflight on human health. Its Human Research Program has reported the five hazards of human spaceflight. Those hazards are space radiation, isolation, distance from Earth, altered gravity fields, and hostile and closed environments, all of which pose risks to human health. The most dangerous risks were categorized based on the systems they affect: visual, cardiovascular, central nervous, and musculoskeletal.
