Astronaut Study Shows Spaceflight Hampers Immune System

Spaceflight seems to inhibit the human immune system in direct proportion to the length of the mission, raising new problems for flight surgeons responsible for crew health on proposed deep-space exploration missions. A three-year astronaut study by NASA, Enterprise Advisory Services Inc. of Houston...

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