Human spaceflight’s new era is fraught with medical and ethical questions

Even short trips to space have lasting effects on the average human, private missions hint

Two people float in zero-gravity

Four private individuals blasted off to the International Space Station in 2022 as part of the commercial Axiom-1 mission. As such flights become more prevalent, they bring a host of biomedical and ethics issues to the forefront.

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They say that going to space changes you.