Humans in Space

5 weird things space does to the human body

by JoAnna Wendel
Single space Astronaut with black glas on the helmet isolated on white background. Elements of this ...
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Only 553 people have been to space, and only 12 have walked on the Moon.

In the 50 years of human space travel, we've discovered that living in space does weird things to the human body.

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