04-May-2008, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 3dknight
They go at very high speeds and I was wondering if they blackout when entering or exiting the atmoshpere or even before that.
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Sometimes they black out during the welcome-home ceremony.
ABC News: Space Travel Can Be a Trying on the Body
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Astronaut Faints at Welcome Home Event, Highlighting the Impact of Weightlessness
Amid the festivities at Ellington Field, Houston, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshn-Piper fainted twice. Both times she appeared confused just before her legs began to buckle. NASA officials and fellow crew members quickly braced her fall and helped her to the ground.
Despite becoming a little red-faced, Stefanyshn-Piper remained in good spirits.
"Boy, if that's not a little embarrassing," she said, according to The Associate Press.
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"From 25 to 66 percent of all astronauts cannot stand for 10 minutes following space flight of up to two weeks," said [Dr. Benjamin] Levine.
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