NASA astronauts to be tested in Kraken. Machine simulating spaceflight conditions.

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Foto: U.S. Navy

NASA astronauts to be tested in Kraken

Machine simulating spaceflight conditions

The American space agency NASA will soon begin testing the Kraken simulator, originally developed by the US Navy, with its astronauts.

Kraken can best be described as a giant washing machine that tosses around whoever is inside the simulator at accelerations of up to three times the speed of Earth's gravity. The idea behind letting astronauts test Kraken is to try to prepare for, and perhaps avoid, the motion sickness that astronauts sometimes experience when returning to Earth from space. NASA writes:

"Enter the Kraken, a 50-foot-long, 100-ton platform at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. It can be configured to replicate different types of flight to disorient occupants through sudden shifts in roll, pitch, and yaw, superimposed onto horizontal and vertical lurches. A spaceflight setting on the Kraken will allow NASA scientists to study whether a specific technology, coupled with head movements, may help soothe the motion sickness experienced by some astronauts."

In the video below, you can see what it looks like when the US Navy tests Kraken.

nasa.gov

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