A study from UT Southwestern Medical Center shows that daily exercise during long-duration spaceflight can help preserve astronaut heart function under conditions similar to a future Mars mission. The ...

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Intense exercise during long spaceflights helps maintain heart structure and function within a range needed to tolerate the low-gravity environment of Mars, a study co-led by a UT Southwestern Medical ...