https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9 Post Your Fascinating Facts, Interesting Discussion Points, and Questions about the NASA Twin study here! (Do not worry if your work does not appear right away. a Moderator must approve it before it will appear.) Also, Pick a few of the Chris Hadfield "How To... in Space" videos and watch them with a one (or more) people in your house. Then discuss them. Which one did you each think was the most interesting and why? What reasons did you each have to back up your opinion(s)? (Do not worry if your work does not appear right away. a Moderator must approve it before it will appear.) en-us 2020-03-13 16:12:43 UTC 2025-10-14 15:57:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f6f0.png 202420081_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514587225 On average 6-foot astronauts gain 2 inches of height in space due to their spin decompressing. I feel like this is interesting because I wonder how much taller humanity will be when we live in space full time]]> 2023-03-13 15:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514587225 202450322_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514588186 One fact I thought was interesting was that being weightless is not as fun as it seems and can cause sickness and problems in the long run.]]> 2023-03-13 15:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514588186 202410522_24 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514588269 A mesmerizing fact is when you cry your tears begin to form a bubble of water and run all over your face and not float into the atmosphere. I think this is cool because I know that water floats in space and ultimately your tears don't!]]> 2023-03-13 15:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514588269 202410562 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514590491 I think the most fasnating fact is that astronaught mussels become weak over time due to low gravity]]> 2023-03-13 15:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514590491 202410544_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514592999  𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.]]> 2023-03-13 15:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514592999 202410302_21 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514593709 Food in space is sealed in an airtight bag so it can be good for up to 18 months.]]> 2023-03-13 15:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514593709 202420361_3 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514593798 A fact is that from the twins study, someone who has experience of being in space of a couple of times, their body adjusts, and they don't get the boning effects, body weakness and etc.]]> 2023-03-13 15:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514593798 202450261_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514594149 One interesting fact that I learned is that astronauts bodies adapt to environment in space and will have to learn how to walk agian.]]> 2023-03-13 15:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514594149 20246035_4 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514594342 2023-03-13 15:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514594342 20245030_3 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514594938 When/if you cry in space the tears don't fall off your face. It forms a bubble of water on your face, and gets bigger as more tears come down.]]> 2023-03-13 15:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514594938 202420622_4 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595247 That when you cry it stays in a little bubble and moves around your face until you dry it up with a towel.]]> 2023-03-13 15:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595247 202410022_4 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595280 In one of the videos they talked about how astronauts sleep. They sleep on the walls, strapped to a sleeping bag. ]]> 2023-03-13 15:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595280 202410401_24 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595824 One interesting fact I found was water in space. There is no gravity so it forms a ball and floats around. They usually keep it in straws and pouches so it doesn't float around.]]> 2023-03-13 15:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595824 202420722_9 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595923 After you come back to earth everything feels weird! if you lift a 4 month old there basically the same weight as a bed to some because everything in space were light weight.]]> 2023-03-13 15:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514595923 202350371_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514596081 There was a ton of interesting things I found along the way of reading the Nasa Twin Study and the others but one thing that really stood out for me was how space impacted their genetics ( a change in telomere length dynamics during spaceflight specifically). ]]> 2023-03-13 15:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514596081 202420792_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514596606 I learned that in space, you can't eat certain foods because of their texture, for example: bread makes crumbs so in space, bread is substituted with tortillas, so crumbs don't float away.]]> 2023-03-13 15:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514596606 202430591_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514596871 When you want to eat something in space, you would need to adapt to something due to zero gravity. An example of this is if you want to eat a sandwich, you would need to substitute it with something like a tortilla because when you eat the bread on a sandwich, the crumbs would fall onto the ground, but in space, it would just float up. ]]> 2023-03-13 15:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514596871 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514598327 I learned that being in space does not affect you mentally.]]> 2023-03-13 15:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514598327 202460161_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514598369 Did you know that you could choke on water in space because there's no gravity. since there's no gravity the water floats down your throat instead of just going straight down. ]]> 2023-03-13 15:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514598369 202460041_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514601455 You can experience a change of tolomere length dynamics (basically the tissues of your chromosome)During spaceflight during the days of your landing.It happens due to the changes that your body faces in space that confuses.]]> 2023-03-13 15:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514601455 202460241 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514602719 I learned that space doesn't affect your physical health. all astronauts that stay out of orbit all recover from there space expedition making a space expedition to mars possible.   ]]> 2023-03-13 15:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514602719 202450312_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514665568 I learned that there was two twins one went to space and on stayed on earth ]]> 2023-03-13 15:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514665568 202430081_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514912410 I learned that you feel really sick when you go to space because like your body, and everything else in space the food in your stomach is floating around causing you to feel nauseous and queasy.  ]]> 2023-03-13 18:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514912410 202440442_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514912440 Astronauts have to attach themselves to something, so they don't float around and bump into something.]]> 2023-03-13 18:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514912440 202420212_5 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514912629 In space the water that gets evaporated from anything evan washing your hair gets collected in the air conditioning system and goes threw a process that turns the evaporated part of the water back into fresh clean drinking water.]]> 2023-03-13 18:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514912629 202430291_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514913108 When you wash your hair in space, the water can be warm. You get the roots wet then you put leave in shampoo in it. Sometimes your water will try and escape and you can grab it and put it on your hair. ]]> 2023-03-13 18:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514913108 202440042_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514913870 When coming back from space your legs are very weak and you can hardly stand up. Helping prevent this from happening is exercising. In space the average astronaut exercises 2 times a day. SO that when they come back it only takes a couple days to get used to earth again. ]]> 2023-03-13 18:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514913870 202440541_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914039 In space, since there is no gravity, weightlessness is a problem many people have to go through. It may sound fun, but it's not. In fact, it can cause loss of strength and loss of muscle, which can impact your health.]]> 2023-03-13 18:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914039 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914319   I learned that whenever there's a form of water in space, due to there being no gravity, it becomes a ball and the more water there is, the larger the bubble will be!]]> 2023-03-13 18:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914319 20244068_3 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914417 In space, when you brush your teeth you can not run the toothbrush under a tap. You have to get a bag that is filled with water and than it will come out in a bubble and you put it on the toothbrush and that's how you brush your teeth. When you are done you have to swallow the toothpaste because there is where for you to spit the water out. ]]> 2023-03-13 18:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914417 202440572_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914485 I learned that when you are in space it can make your body weak so you have to exercise for almost 2 hours per day.]]> 2023-03-13 18:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914485 20243092_3 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914697 Your muscles get weaker quicker in space hence the reason astronauts need to exercise more than usual. Muscles get weaker quicker because of zero gravity. Your muscles don't have to contract or work a lot in space.]]> 2023-03-13 18:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514914697 202440592_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915037 Something I learned while reading about the NASA twin study is that when you are in space the bones in your spine spread out and they relax and that causes you to be taller. I also learned that you have to workout a lot in space so when you get back to earth you won't be super weak. ]]> 2023-03-13 18:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915037 202460291_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915345 White blood cells revealed genes, or regions of the genome, where DNA methylation was altered in flight but returned to baseline upon his return.]]> 2023-03-13 18:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915345 202410191_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915453 In the article NASA Twin Studies I found out that on the first couple of days being there, you feel nauseous, you vomit a lot, and you don't have your appetite. It basically was described as being on a rollercoaster because you're twisting, turning, and everything inside your stomach is floating around causing that.]]> 2023-03-13 18:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915453 202420521_6 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915981  I learned that when showering they have to use a bag of water and no rinse shampoo.]]> 2023-03-13 18:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514915981 202420381_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514916084 I found in space it can cause your spine to stretch, because of the no gravity you can grow up to 2 inches.]]> 2023-03-13 18:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514916084 202420432_5 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514916150 Since there is no gravitiy in space you can just float with a sleeping bag while it mounted on the wall.

]]> 2023-03-13 18:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514916150 202440332_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514916532 Something I learned is that when you get home, the gravity can feel like a car smashed on top of you. This make it so you have to relearn a lot of skills even walking.]]> 2023-03-13 18:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514916532 202460361_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514917123 In space you can not eat and drink like you do on earth. Liquids like milk could float and get on things and could break them and make your kourne unsafe. So, instead they use little pouches of liquid and kind of like a gogo squeez with a straw so it doesn't go anywhere excent of your mouth.]]> 2023-03-13 18:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514917123 202420851_2 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514917237 I learned from the videos that you can lose up to 10 percent of your bones and most of your muscle mass while in space. That is why it is important for astronauts to at least work out once a an hour every so they do not lose that muscles mass. ]]> 2023-03-13 18:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514917237 202460371 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514920007 Something i learned during this was that when you get to space you can feel sick and that if you don't exercise when you return to space you will be really weak. ]]> 2023-03-13 18:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514920007 202430603_4 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514923587 They have machines that they could do excersise with a treadmill and that is how thet stay in shape]]> 2023-03-13 18:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2514923587 20246020 https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2515050731 Most of the space-caused gene expression changes in Scott returned to normal when he returned to Earth but some still stayed even after 6 months]]> 2023-03-13 21:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lguzman57_2/31wzoi2s5if9/wish/2515050731