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Article: NASA USES VERTICAL TREADMILL TO IMPROVE ASTRONAUT HEALTH IN SPACE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 28, 2008
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NASA issued the following press release:
NASA is using a new treadmill that allows people to run while suspended horizontally to help astronauts prepare for long-duration missions to the moon and beyond.
A team of engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland built the Standalone Zero Gravity Locomotion Simulator to imitate conditions astronauts experience while exercising in space. Exercise in microgravity helps lessen the harmful health effects of long-duration space travel, promoting astronauts' well-being and mission success.
NASA currently is sending astronauts on six month missions to the International Space Station and plans to launch humans on missions to the moon by 2020. ...