Leonard David is an award-winning space journalist who has been reporting on space activities for more than 50 years. Currently writing as Space.com's Space Insider Columnist among his other projects, Leonard has authored numerous books on space exploration, Mars missions and more, with his latest being 'Moon Rush: The New Space Race' published in 2019 by National Geographic. He also wrote 'Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet' released in 2016 by National Geographic. Leonard has served as a correspondent for SpaceNews, Scientific American and Aerospace America for the AIAA. He was received many awards, including the first Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History in 2015 at the AAS Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium. You can find out Leonard's latest project at his website and on Twitter.
. That first three-orbit spaceflight by an American had Glenn dutifully monitoring his vision by reading an eye chart to see if his eyeballs might change and alter his vision.
Anderson's study involves a Sensimed-produced"Triggerfish" contact lens that has an embedded strain gauge to measure how the cornea changes shape over time. The contact lens contains a tiny antenna to transmit its data and will explore how the front part of the eye changes with microgravity exposure.
One other goal of the SANS work is to validate low mass, low power technologies for space missions."We want to get as much data as possible and to obtain measurements as early in flight as possible," Anderson said."It's a good opportunity for people in the community to collaborate and share data and hopefully contribute to understanding the problem," she said.
With astronauts projected to take longer and longer space trips in the future, SANS countermeasures is a key next step, said Prem Subramanian, a professor of ophthalmology, neurology, and neurosurgery at the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers University of Colorado Eye Center in Aurora, Colorado.
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