What would happens if an astronaut got sick in space?

When you’re sick, you head to your doctor’s office, medical center, or emergency room, depending on the severity of your injury. While in space, flight surgeons work at the NASA Mission Control Center and hold weekly private medical conferences with their assigned astronauts.

Do astronauts have to have their appendix removed?

Already, current NASA policy recommends that astronauts have a number of non-essential body parts, such as appendix and wisdom teeth, removed before heading into space. Even with these precautions, however, illness and injury remain likely.

What would happen if there was a fire on the space station?

Fire is a different beast in space than it is on the ground. When flames burn on Earth, heated gases rise from the fire, drawing oxygen in and pushing combustion products out. In microgravity, hot gases don’t rise. As a result, the material used to put out space fires must be more concentrated, researchers said.

Has anyone puked in space?

Space sickness, or space adaptation syndrome (SAS) as it is more scientifically known, is a very real affliction. In 1961, when Gherman Titov blasted off in Vostok II, he became so nauseous that he broke a world record: Becoming the first person to vomit in space.

Are astronauts able to access medical assistance from space?

With regard to medical emergencies, astronauts have so far been able to remotely access medical assistance from space thanks to increasing capabilities in Earth-space communications. In fact, medical experts on Earth were even once able to help an astronaut who suffered a blood clot while aboard the space station.

Will the spread of disease in space threaten future astronauts?

Whether in the confined space aboard the space station or within future lunar or Martian habitats, the spread of disease would pose very real threats to future astronauts, as it has for astronauts of previous generations.

Do astronauts ever get sick while in space?

On rare occasions throughout spaceflight history, astronauts have fallen ill while in space.

What do astronauts do on the Space Station?

Astronauts still need to do their everyday living, such as working, eating, relaxing and exercising, but with fewer resources than they have on Earth. Imagine you and your family are astronauts on the space station right now. You can only use the resources available to you.