Apollo Astronaut Study Reveals Greater Heart Risk for Deep-Space Travelers

Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 08:31 in Astronomy & Space

NASA astronauts on the Apollo missions to the moon are the only humans to have flown beyond the protective magnetic shielding of Earth — and a new study shows that exposure to deep-space radiation may have taken a toll on their hearts.

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