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Astronauts have strict exercise requirements but it can't stop all wastage.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen have been stowing gear and preparing the Lockheed Martin-developed Orion capsule for the descent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Astronauts lose around 1 percent of their bone density in certain bones per month that they’re in space.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2026

Astronauts Fincke and Cardman were to carry out the approximately 6.5-hour spacewalk to perform power upgrade work.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Astronauts were big business, particularly since American Alan Shepard had been launched into space on May 5, 1961, three weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson