{"id":14046,"date":"2026-04-11T20:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14046"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:37:47","slug":"side-effects-artemis-ii-astronauts-might-suffer-once-they-return-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14046","title":{"rendered":"Side effects Artemis II astronauts might suffer once they return to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After missions like <strong>Artemis II<\/strong>, astronauts don\u2019t just celebrate\u2014they struggle to readjust to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Reentry at extreme speeds is intense, but the real shock comes after landing. In microgravity, muscles weaken and balance systems adapt, so back on Earth even standing can feel overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts often feel dizzy, heavy, and unstable, needing immediate medical support and rehabilitation to regain strength and coordination.<\/p>\n<p>In short: returning home is physically harder than it looks\u2014gravity becomes the final challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>After missions like Artemis II, astronauts don\u2019t just celebrate\u2014they struggle to readjust to Earth. Reentry at extreme speeds is intense, but the real shock comes <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14046\" title=\"Side effects Artemis II astronauts might suffer once they return to Earth\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14048,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046\/revisions\/14048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}