Within hours of reaching microgravity, astronauts’ body fluids shift toward the head, dulling smell and taste — one reason NASA monitors daily nutrition so closely as crews fight the muscle loss space exercise alone cannot fully prevent
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Space DailyWithin hours of reaching microgravity, astronauts’ body fluids shift toward the head, dulling smell and taste — one reason NASA monitors daily nutrition so closely as crews fight the muscle loss space exercise alone cannot fully preventspacedaily.comThe first thing that happens to a body in orbit is that it starts to rearrange itself. With no gravity pulling blood and other fluids down toward the legs, they drift upward and settle in the chest, neck and head. Astronauts arrive on the International Space Station looking faintly puffy, fuller in the face and […] The post Within hours of reaching microgravity, astronauts’ body fluids shift toward the head, dulling smell and taste — one reason NASA monitors daily nutrition so closely as crews fight the muscle loss space exercise alone cannot fully prevent appeared first on Space Daily .
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