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CSA - Why do astronauts suffer motion sickness in space? In reflecting on this observation and some of his experience in space life sciences, Dr Watt asked himself whether such a strategy might play a role in the motion sickness, or space adaptation syndrome, that affects about 50% of astronauts at the beginning of a space flight. TRE was conducted in space during this flight by Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk. It was found that astronauts do indeed adopt a torso rotation strategy early in flight and that this may play a role in the motion sickness often experienced early in flight. www.space.gc.ca /asc/eng/sciences/tre.asp   (581 words)

Motion sickness -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Unlike ordinary sickness, vomiting in motion sickness tends not to relieve the nausea. One which is both practical and effective is to simply look out of the window of the moving vehicle and to gaze into the distance towards the horizon in the direction in which you are moving. Half the (A person trained to travel in a spacecraft) astronauts in the U.S. space program have suffered from (Click link for more info and facts about space sickness) space sickness, including Sen. Jake Garn, who made it his study project while a passenger on the space shuttle in 1985. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/motion_sickness.htm   (536 words)

CSA - STS-90 - Role of Visual Cues in Spatial Orientation (VISO) A contributing factor to space sickness may be a conflict between astronauts' visual cues and the absence of inner ear and somatic sensations (pressure on your feet or seat). Space motion sickness is a significant cost in terms of astronaut "down time", reduced work quality, and danger due to impaired co-ordination. In space, many tests were performed with the astronaut free floating, and alternately wearing a constant force spring harness that provides artificial "down" cues to the shoulders and hips. www.space.gc.ca /asc/eng/missions/sts-090/neurolab_visual.asp   (681 words)

USATODAY.com - Nauseating news about 'space sickness'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Generally, space sickness susceptibility is usually limited, he added, to the first two to four days. Oman said that he thinks space sickness is motion sickness, but it is overlaid on a bunch of other discomforts that come from being in weightlessness, such as puffy faces, headaches and fluid shifts in the body. Space motion sickness projects are funded and underway said Lauren Hammit, a spokesperson for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) in Houston, Texas. www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2005-11-21-space-sickness_x.htm   (1323 words)

ESA Human Spaceflight | Users » MOP A second objective of the Motion Perception experiment is to correlate an astronaut’s susceptibility to space sickness with a susceptibility to sickness induced by centrifugation. Sickness induced by centrifugation is a condition with similarities to space sickness. Besides the benefits this research could have in developing countermeasures to space sickness experienced by astronauts during the early phases of space flight, this type of research could have positive implications for research on Earth. www.spaceflight.esa.int /users/file.cfm?filename=miss-delta-exp-mop   (563 words)

Motion sickness Medications for motion sickness may cause drowsiness and impair judgement and, therefore, should be avoided in pilots, astronauts, ship crew members, and individuals in any other occupation where heavy equipment is operated or where being alert is critical. In a study of 55 pilots who had to stop flying due to symptoms of motion sickness, 76% of them successfully overcame their motion sickness and were able to return to work after participating in a biofeedback training and relaxation program. In a study of 46 people with motion sickness, those who were instructed to take slow, deep breaths had a significant reduction in symptoms of motion sickness compared to those who breathed normally or counted their breaths. www.umm.edu /altmed/articles/motion-sickness-000110.htm   (2743 words)

Chapter 31 -- The Human Body in Outer Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) When the body goes into space the fluid shift tricks the glands into believing that the homeostasis or the water balance in the body is too high. Space Motion Sickness is probably caused from severe disorientation to the brain which can't determine which way is up. Hopefully, the use of "storm shelters" during a space flight to Mars and the use of such shelters on the Moon and in interplanetary space will keep the RAD total down to an acceptable point for the astronauts to do their jobs and to explore. www.space.edu /projects/book/chapter31.html   (2808 words)

Chapter 14 -- Vostok and Mercury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) The doctors could not determine a problem and as a result of his sickness, Titov was grounded and never again flew in space. Both during and after their flights neither Nikolayev nor Popovich exhibited any of the space sickness which had plagued Titov; the Soviets determined that this sickness may depend upon the individual rather then a direct result of long space flights. Yet another rumor had Tereshkova sick throughout the flight; while another rumor said that Khrushchev ordered her flight extended two days so her time in space would exceed the combined space flight time of all the Mercury astronauts together. www.space.edu /projects/book/chapter14.html   (1820 words)

Motion Sickness Relief;motion sickness,motion,sickness,motion sickness medicine:motion sickness bracelet, motion ... Motion sickness is dizziness, nausea and possibly vomiting that occurs when traveling in a moving vehicle such as a car, boat, or airplane. The term “motion sickness” will be used throughout this material to refer to all of these forms of sickness. Motion sickness produces a whole range of symptoms, of which nausea and vomiting are the most severe. www.nomoremotionsickness.com   (944 words)

ScienceMaster - Jump Start - Space Motion Sickness Space motion sickness (SMS) is experienced by 50 percent or more of astronauts during the first few days of exposure to the microgravity environment of space. Space motion sickness was first reported by American crew members in the Apollo era. As part of the effort to find predictors of space motion sickness, crew members of early space shuttle flights were tested for susceptibility to motion sickness on the ground. www.sciencemaster.com /jump/space/motion.php   (907 words)

twenty1f: fashion for the 21st century » Goggles for space sickness Space sickness affects many astronauts for the first few days of their space missions, reducing what they are able to accomplish. The symptoms of travel sickness are thought to result from a disagreement between visual information from the eyes and balance information from the inner ears, caused by the rattles and shakes of a vehicle’s movement. The subjects using the glasses were able to endure simulated motion sickness for the entire 30-minute duration of the study – those without the goggles lasted only 24 minutes on average. twenty1f.com /projects/228   (551 words)

Space adaptation syndrome information - Search.com Space adaptation syndrome, or space sickness, is what astronauts go through during adaptation to microgravity. Space sickness was effectively unknown during the earliest spaceflights, as these were undertaken in very cramped conditions; it seems to be aggravated by being able to freely move around, and so is more common in larger spacecraft. Around 60% of all Space Shuttle astronauts currently experience it on their first flight; the first case is now suspected to be Gherman Titov, in August, 1961 onboard Vostok 2, who reported dizziness and nausea. www.search.com /reference/Space_sickness   (353 words)

Astronaut [encyclopedia]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Astronauts (and cosmonauts) are people specially trained to work in space, spending weeks or months carrying out mission tasks and research in science on a space station or spacecraft. The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Experiments are carried out in space to determine the conditions there, to discover their effects on materials and life, providing advances in science, physics, technology, medicine, etc. Work includes maintaining the equipment and launching and repairing satellites. kosmoi.com /Space/Astronaut   (1143 words)

Space Travel 101: Fundamentals of Space Travel Space adaptation syndrome, also called space motion sickness, is very common in astronauts. Motion sickness is an equilibrium disorder caused by a mismatch of information between visual input from the eyes and the vestibular apparatus located in the ear. Another way to handle space adaptation syndrome is through autogenic feedback training, which involves controlling bodily functions that are usually involuntary. library.thinkquest.org /03oct/01581/SpaceTravelEnglish/dangers/spaceadaptation.html   (269 words)

SEA Sickness Relief;sea sickness remedy:sea, sickness, sea sickness medicine, sea sickness bracelet, sea sickness ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Motion sickness is a general term covering seasickness, carsickness, airsickness and space sickness. Space motion sickness is a well-recognized problem for space flight and affects 73% of crewmembers within the first 2 or 3 days of their initial flight. Bouts of motion sickness are characterized by an initial phase of mild discomfort followed by neurological and gastro-intestinal manifestations. www.seasicknessrelief.com /SeaSik.html   (948 words)

A Guide to Motion Sickness Medicines | Motion Sickness Nausea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) The most common motion sickness medicine in the form of drugs are Bonine and Dramamine; both of which can be purchased without prescription but need to be administered at least a couple of hours before you think you may experience motion sickness. The other commonly used motion sickness medicine is the patch; it administers the medicine through the skin and it is usually indicated to place it behind the ear in a clean hair free place. If the motion sickness medication did not help you much, try lying down where your body does not feel the motion as much as when it is standing. www.motionsicknessnausea.com /motion-sickness/guide-to-motion-sickness-medicine   (417 words)

space motion sickness (SMS) A condition similar to ordinary travel sickness, produced by confusion of the human vestibular (balance) system and the absence of a gravitational vertical; it is also known as microgravity nausea. During Space Shuttle flights the incidence of SMS in first-time astronauts has also been about 60%. Treatment with such medications as intramuscular promethazine (Phenergan) has been effective, and the nausea tends to wear off two to three days into the flight. www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/space_motion_sickness.html   (148 words)

Dr. Marc B. Lipton, Psychologist Baltimore Maryland, psychotherapy and hypnosis and biofeedback. - BIOFEEDBACK: Motion ... Each study was designed to test the effectiveness of AFT as a countermeasure for motion sickness, and the feasibility of using AFT to prevent or reduce the severity of space motion sickness symptoms in aerospace crews. Other results showed that tolerance to motion sickness increased only in the group that received AFT, and that these effects were still present three years after this treatment ended.This effect was achieved with 6 hours of training and both sexes learned to increase their tolerance equally. Included among these are tests of AFT for training cancer patients to suppress the nausea associated with radiation or chemotherapy; improvements in the effectiveness of the treatment of essential orthostatic intolerance (e.g., as in paralyzed patients); the successful treatment of military pilots suffering from intractable airsickness, for whom all other forms of treatment had failed. www.psychologistforyou.com /biofeedback_MotionSickness.asp   (1034 words)

About Motion Sickness and Ways to Prevent It Another new theory for some cases of motion sickness is the postural instability theory, based on experiments in which motion sickness was preceded by statistically significant increases in several indices of postural sway. In these cases, motion sickness symptoms were not linked to sensory conflict, but rather to a decreased ability to actively control the body's postural motion. Scopolamine is the single most effective antimotion sickness drug, consistently providing more protection than any other single medication in clinical trials.(9) It is particularly useful for intense motion or for patients who are very susceptible to motion sickness remedy. www.motionsickness.net /aboutms.html   (2821 words)

Spaceflight Now | Space Station Mission Report | Ansari blog provides insight into life aboard space station Space shuttle Atlantis is delivered to Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B on August 2 to begin final preparations for blastoff on the STS-115 mission to resume construction of the International Space Station. Space tourist Anousheh Ansari's space blog is giving armchair tourists on Earth a unique, non-professional's view of spaceflight, including the trials of space sickness and the unique thrill of living and working in weightlessness 220 miles up. During the two days it took to reach the space station, Ansari wrote that she suffered from the classic symptoms of space adaptation syndrome: back pain and a fluid shift frequently accompanied by nausea. www.spaceflightnow.com /station/exp14/060925ansari.html   (1877 words)

Scientists seek a cure for space sickness - Space.com - MSNBC.com Space travelers face a topsy-turvy world where up and down is nowhere to be found. Furthermore, five out of the nine crew members who lived on the Skylab space station in the early 1970s suffered from bouts of space sickness. Space sickness susceptibility is usually limited to the first two to four days, he noted. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10145715   (689 words)

Summer traveler or astronaut, motion sickness is a real problem, say MIT space program researchers - MIT News Office Motion sickness is not in your head; it's in your brain, say Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers who study "space sickness" in astronauts. Young, who was principal investigator in experiments on four space shuttle missions and an alternate NASA payload specialist for the 1993 Space Life Sciences 2 Mission, supports smaller, more practical versions of this rotating environment, but they have the drawback of making users motion sick. Fighter pilots, for instance, are virtually free of motion sickness when they are in the midst of a training session, but after a break of a few weeks, they are more likely to experience motion sickness as their vestibular balance system returns to normal. web.mit.edu /newsoffice/2000/motion.html   (819 words)

Space For All - The HobbySpace Log   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) This article describes a method that may prevent or reduce the serverity of the temporary motion sickness caused by weightlessness for many space travelers: Flashy goggles combat space sickness - New Scientist - May.19.06. It would be of great value for future space development if NASA was vigorously pursuing studies of this but it is not. Every so often I come across an article claiming that space radiation is a showstopper for human Mars exploration, long term settlement, etc. The levels of radiation, however, that are assumed are usually based on the type of shielding used for the ISS or the Apollo spacecraft. www.hobbyspace.com /nucleus/HSblog.php?catid=55&blogid=2   (794 words)

Information on vestibular balance disorders (causing dizziness, vertigo, lightheadedness, or motion sickness) produced ... Motion sickness syndrome includes such conditions as seasickness, airsickness, carsickness, and space sickness. Space sickness is another kind of motion sickness, which is brought on by active head movement in space. As you might expect, lack of gravity appears to be the activating force in space sickness. www.medicinenet.com /vestibular_balance_disorders/page5.htm   (944 words)

ipedia.com: Equilibrioception Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Most astronauts find that their sense of balance is impaired when in orbit, because there is not enough gravity to keep the ear's fluid in balance. This causes a form of motion sickness called space sickness. A rope-dancer or rope-walker is a balance artist, often using a balance beam, see Tightrope walking. www.ipedia.com /equilibrioception.html   (310 words)

Understanding space sickness As glamorous as space travel may seem, the harsh reality is that astronauts spend a large part of their time among the stars feeling nauseous. To understand how to prevent space sickness and how our vestibular sense works with other systems, Cullen has been recruited by NASA as a member of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. In space, astronauts experience sensory conflict called an "inversion illusion." "An astronaut will feel that he is upright and then will see another astronaut who is oriented the other way and this is very provocative for motion sickness," says Cullen. www.mcgill.ca /reporter/37/06/cullen   (1034 words)

FirstScience - Lost in Space: Page 3 "Space sickness relieves itself after about 3 days, although individual astronauts and cosmonauts may have a relapse at any time during their mission," Schneider says. Indeed, space sickness is capricious - when it will happen and who will get it can be hard to predict. Figuring out how to prevent space sickness - and how to treat it when it happens - is a high priority for NASA. www.firstscience.com /home/articles/humans/lost-in-space-page-3-1_1304.html   (361 words)

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