Stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been in space for over nine months due to a technical glitch in Boeing Starliner, are all set to return to Earth no sooner than ...

NASA has learned that without Earth’s gravity affecting the human body, weight-bearing bones lose on average 1% to 1.5% of mineral density per month during spaceflight, the US agency highlighted ...

Sunita Williams will face several physical complications such as bone density loss, baby feet etc upon her return to Earth(X/@NASA) Also Read: NASA's Crew-10 to enter ISS today, Sunita Williams ...

and potential for foot deformities like clubfoot or metatarsus adductus. In microgravity, without the continuous load of Earth’s gravity, the tissues that makeup bones reshape themselves. Bone cells ...

Beyond soft feet, astronauts face a more serious challenge—bone density loss. NASA research indicates that astronauts lose about 1% of their weight-bearing bone density per month in space ...