Ophthalmic effects of long-term spaceflight
Ophthalmic effects of long-term spaceflight, including increased cerebral fluid pressure, optic nerve swelling and retinal folds.
Howard Larkin
Published: Monday, May 8, 2017
Retired astronaut and US Navy Captain Scott Kelly was one of the keynote speakers at the 2017 ASCRS/ASAO Congress. Among the topics he discussed in a wide-ranging speech looking back on his career, was the ophthalmic effects of long-term spaceflight, including increased cerebral fluid pressure, optic nerve swelling and retinal folds.
Captain Kelly lived aboard the International Space Station for 340 days in 2015-2016, and has spent a total of more than 520 days in zero gravity.
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