Inside the lab making an attempt to guard the astronauts of the long run

For 25 years astronauts have been dwelling and dealing on the International Space Station for a number of months at a time.

The astronauts have been guinea pigs for what occurs to the human physique in microgravity: muscular tissues and bones get weaker, DNA adjustments and the eyes might be broken.

Sky’s Thomas Moore visits a lab in Newcastle the place scientists simulate what it’s wish to stroll on the moon.

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