• Question: Hou do pople feal when they come down

    Asked by 374tch48 to Col Op, Charlie 🚀, Vinita on 15 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by 526tch24.
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      Charles Laing answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Hi 374tch48,

      After 6 months in space astronauts bodies are weak and they can randomly faint – this is not a great feeling!

      When the spacecraft comes back to Earth the astronauts experience high g-levels which is like a really intense rollercoaster ride. The astronauts feel 3 times as heavy and after a long time in space this is not very comfortable.

      The Russian Soyuz is the space capsule that Tim Peake will be returning in next week and it comes back to Earth with a bump. After entering Earth’s atmosphere and slowing down, parachutes then open and just before it hits the ground so-called ‘soft landing rockets’ fire.

      Many people laugh at the fact they are called soft landing rockets because many astronauts still compare the touchdown on Earth as feeling like a car crash!

      Charlie 😀🚀

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