New adventures in beds and baths for spaceflight
Paris (ESA) Feb 18, 2020
ESA is expanding its bedrest programme that allows researchers to study how human bodies react to living in space - without leaving their bed.
In weightlessness, astronauts' bodies lose muscle and bone density, eyes change, fluids shift to the brain and more - our bodies adapted to life on Earth and are not designed for spaceflight.
Finding ways to stay healthy in orbit is a large pa