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March 24, 2016

Stressed in space
Paris (ESA) Mar 24, 2016
Living in space is a wonderful experience but it can take its toll on an astronaut's body - half of astronauts return with weaker immune systems from the International Space Station. ESA astronaut and medical doctor Andre Kuipers remembers his six-month mission: "Back on Earth, I felt a hundred years old for a few months." Many ESA experiments are looking into why this happens and the most recent - Immuno - reveals some striking changes in astronaut immune systems. Stress is a response of th ... read more

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