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Astronauts have been venturing into space for 61 years to unlock the human potential for exploration. But the floating freedom offered by a lack of gravity also presents a number of limits when it comes to the human body and mind.
Astronauts have been venturing into space for 61 years to unlock the human potential for exploration. But the floating freedom offered by a lack of gravity also presents a number of limits when it comes to the human body and mind.
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Doctors have poked and prodded NASA astronauts for years, and the astronauts, as government employees, have largely acceded to their roles as test animals in studying how an alien environment — outer space — affects the human body. But professional astronauts have historically been a small slice of humanity. Initially, they were chosen from the ranks of military test pilots
Yuri Gagarin se había convertido en el primer cosmonauta humano en 1961, la misión Apolo 11 de la NASA encabezada por los astronautas Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin y Michael Collins, marcaría el curso de la historia. Los dos primeros lograron pisar por primera vez la superficie lunar, mientras que el tercer integrante, Collins, daba vueltas al Satélite natural de la Tierra en el módulo de mando. La hazaña tuvo dos grandes objetivos: el primero era geopolítico y se trataba de ganar la carrera espacial que enfrentaba a EUA con la Unión Soviética en el marco de la Guerra Fría; y...