Insight · Jun 15, 2021

Deep Pressure and Sleep in Microgravity

Applied pressure changes how a body settles. In microgravity, that may be a lever for sleep, stress, and performance.

Image: NASA

A wearable question

A deep-pressure garment, tested on parabolic flight, lets us ask how pressure affects the body when the usual cues of gravity are gone.

Why it matters

Sleep and stress are mission-critical. A simple, wearable intervention that improves either is worth understanding.

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