Astronauts “Apollo” program suffer from heart disease are more likely to astronauts – TVNZ

The American researchers found that participants in the program “Apollo” suffer from heart disease and blood vessels are more likely to astronauts.

Scientist Michael Delp analyzed the causes of death of these astronauts, and came to the conclusion that they usually die of a mysterious disease, which arises from the long-term presence in space and the effect of cosmic rays.

in his report, published in the journal Scientific Reports, notes that the effects of cosmic radiation on human health have not been sufficiently studied.

“experiments on mice have shown that cosmic rays do harm vascular health,” – Delp said

He added that more than 43% of astronauts, fly around and landed on the surface of the moon, died of heart attacks and other problems. heart and blood vessels. This is 4-5 times higher than the mortality rate for this reason, among other astronauts and employees NASA , does not happen in space.