Paris, Sep 3 (Ians) European Space Agency’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen is all set to study how light and sleep affect the body’s rhythm in space, the agency has announced.
Mogensen, who is part of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-7 mission, flew to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon, last week. This is Andreas’s second mission to Iss and first long-duration mission on the orbital lab, where he will work and live for half a year as part of Expeditions 69 and 70.
Andreas will run several experiments to better understand how astronauts sleep in space and how to support astronauts’ mental health with virtual reality videos of calming environments.
As per Esa, the human body’s internal rhythm or circadian rhythm is described “as the physical, mental and behavioural changes our bodies undergo over a period of about 24 hours. Our internal clock is linked to the body’s core temperature,...
Mogensen, who is part of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-7 mission, flew to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon, last week. This is Andreas’s second mission to Iss and first long-duration mission on the orbital lab, where he will work and live for half a year as part of Expeditions 69 and 70.
Andreas will run several experiments to better understand how astronauts sleep in space and how to support astronauts’ mental health with virtual reality videos of calming environments.
As per Esa, the human body’s internal rhythm or circadian rhythm is described “as the physical, mental and behavioural changes our bodies undergo over a period of about 24 hours. Our internal clock is linked to the body’s core temperature,...
- 9/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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