His crewmate Anna Menon, a SpaceX engineer who was the Polaris Dawn mission’s medical officer, said she was struck by space adaptation syndrome.
The Polaris Dawn crew poses in space, from left: Sarah Gillis, Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet and Anna Menon.
Sarah Gillis wears a special contact lens in this photo taken prior to the Polaris Dawn flight on April 29.
In all, the Polaris Dawn team carried out 36 experiments on behalf of 31 partner institutions, including universities and NASA.
Courtesy TIME StudiosAnother experiment that the Polaris Dawn crew underwent to understand in-space ailments involved a series of MRI scans just before liftoff and immediately after returning to Earth.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, Polaris, US Air Force, SpaceX, NASA, Polaris Program, Polaris Program NASA, University of Colorado, TIME, ISS, Laboratory
Locations:
University of Colorado Boulder