High-tech clothes protect astronauts
Scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) claim to be working on a tight-fitting clothing that supports astronauts' backs in orbit.
Scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) claim to be working on a tight-fitting clothing that supports astronauts' backs in orbit.
The astronauts' height can be increased by a maximum of 6.8cm due to stretching of the spine in micro-gravity conditions.
Fitting suit pressure like Earth attraction - (Photo: ESA)
As a result, many astronauts suffer from back pain during the mission on Earth's orbit.
After a mission, the risk of disc herniation in astronauts often increases four times.
To reduce the pressure on the spine, ESA is studying a tight-fitting body that neutralizes gravity, by squeezing the body from the shoulder to the feet similar to the force exerted by the gravity of the Earth. .
The biggest challenge is how to accurately measure this suit for each person to create the desired pressure, according to Space.com quoted Simon Evetts of the European Astronaut Center.
Currently ESA's Office of Space Medicine is partnering with the Imperial College of London (UK) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) in an effort to study the effects of the first suits.
Expected, European astronaut Andreas Mogensen will be the first to wear this suit in the mission in 2015.
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