MEDICAL CHECKS
Astronauts’ Programme Z. Press Assn—Copyright) CAPE KENNEDY. Ddc. 20. The astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell begin three days of medical checks at Cape Kennedy today to determine what physical rigours two weeks in space have on man. Of prime interest to researchers is finding out how much calcium they lost during the space flight.
Other tests will show v. hether a heart gets “lazy" in the weightlessness of outer space, and how much of a strain it puts on a spaceman returning to earth’s gravity. Some researchers fear that over a long time, calcium loss could make bones dangerously brittle.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30939, 21 December 1965, Page 21
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