In the zero gravity space the eyes are pressed and the face swells

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Astronauts need to tackle long-term missions in zero gravity, or micro gravity space, different from the 1 G environment of the Earth. The official blog of NASA introduces the unexpected symptoms that such astronauts face.

Eye Exams and Spacesuit Checks Today | Space Station
http://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/08/09/eye-exams-and-spacesuit-checks-today/

The 48th long-term stay crew of the International Space Station is a Japanese astronaut who belongs to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Takuya OnishiThere are six people including Ms. Three of the members of the 48th long-term stay crew were launched into space by the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Soyuz spacecraft was launched in the international space around 1:06 pm on July 9, I succeeded in docking to the space station (ISS). Takuya Ohnishi, the 48th long-term stay crew, stayed at the ISS for 4 months and is scheduled to return to Earth around the end of October.

The 48th long-term stay crew is 6 people in all, but the member continues to inspect the eyes finely in order to investigate what kind of change of human body fluids the life under microgravity causes It is said that it is. According to the survey, all six members of the 48th long-term stay crew took multiple rounds of eye examinations for a whole day, and as a result, the symptoms that were seen as "facial swelling" It seems that we could also confirm.

Since gravity works on the ground, high blood pressure is required to send blood to the head above the heart, but in the zero gravity, such as outer space, or in a microgravity environment, when the body sends blood with the same blood pressure as the ground , Your blood pressure is too high and your head gets swollen. To investigate further about other symptoms that this symptom may cause, 48th long-term stay crews are doing detailed exams every day.


Japanese astronaut'sOhnishi has his own Google+ accountBut we reveal that we are investigating research on "body fluid change". According to the posting, "multiple kinds of eye examination" conducted in the investigation of body fluid change seems to include visual acuity test, ultrasonic examination of eyes, fundus examination etc.


It is also considered that swelling of the face causes the mysterious visual acuity reduction phenomenon "VIIP" that it develops with long-term missions in the universe.

Mysterious disease "VIIP" caused by long-term space stay mission - GIGAZINE


If you go to space, you will have to live under different gravity than the Earth, so changes will occur to the body besides the swelling of your face. Mr. Leland Melvin, an actual astronaut who has experienced the mission two times in the universe, has released a movie telling about "the change that occurs in the human body in outer space", and its contents are You can check it in the following article.

When going to the universe in the zero gravity state, this change occurs in the human body - GIGAZINE


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Furthermore, Jeff Williams, commander of the 48th long-term stay crew and Kate Rubin of the flight engineer, are ISS's new docking portsInternational docking adapter(International Docking Adapters: IDA) to be installed, will be working in outer space.

This IDA is a docking port used when docking a manned spacecraft of Boeing and Space X to be launched in the future to the ISS.