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Research on four space tourists is included in a series of studies on the health effects of space travel, down to the molecular level...
Those shifts mostly returned to normal once the amateurs returned to Earth, researchers reported...
A three-day chartered flight in 2021 gave researchers the chance to examine how quickly the body reacts and adapts to spaceflight, said Susan Bailey, a radiation expert at Colorado State University who took part in the research...
Most of these shifts stabilized in the months after the four returned home, and the researchers found that the short-term spaceflight didnt pose significant health risks...
The results could help researchers find ways to counteract the negative effects of space travel, said Afshin Beheshti, a researcher with the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science who took part in the work...
