Scientists find out the cause of the headache in American astronauts on the ISS

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US space crews on the International Space Station complained of headaches. Scientists from the United States are investigating why American astronauts on the ISS have headaches.

He writes about it RIA News, referring to the data of the report of specialists of the Russian rocket and space center "Energia".



In the United States, it is believed that the fault is the increased content of carbon dioxide at the station. Russian experts disagree with these conclusions, suggesting that the reason lies in weightlessness or something else.

It was necessary to reduce the level of carbon dioxide at the NASA station in 2008, when astronauts from the United States began to complain of headaches, although the content was within the established norm - 5-6 mm Hg. At the same time, the headaches of the crews were associated with the content of CO2 without medical examination of the victims.

Russia went to meet the Americans and reduced the maximum concentration of carbon dioxide to 3 mm, but complaints still continue.

True, there are not too many of them. For the period from 2001 to 2012, 46 such cases were registered, and in 1670 cases no one complained of headaches. Analysis of this information showed that American crew members had headaches either when working in tight spaces with little air, or when everyone was gathering in the same room.


Experts from the Russian Federation also suggested that headaches may occur due to the influence of weightlessness, as blood rushes to the head. It is also possible that while sleeping, one of the astronauts inhaled carbon dioxide, which they also exhaled when they exhaled.

In addition, the Russian side claims that in its segments of the ISS, where the average concentration of CO2 was at the level of 6 mm Hg, headaches were not observed in either Russians or foreigners.
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  1. -22
    21 June 2021 20: 06
    Scientists find out the cause of the headache in American astronauts on the ISS

    Cracks and holes in the Russian segment - obviously. What is there to find out.?. request
    1. 0
      21 June 2021 20: 09
      Quote: Yves762
      Cracks and holes in the Russian segment - it is obvious what to find out there.?.

      Or maybe Americans just need to give each other, how to explain that the head hurts? feel
      1. +14
        21 June 2021 20: 18
        If my memory serves me, then they practice a purely oxygen atmosphere, with the justification that it is cheaper. I guess the training boiled down to this. Conclusion, not the preparedness of the crew, but rather preparedness for other conditions.
        1. +5
          21 June 2021 20: 45
          Doesn't change. In American space programs, a purely oxygen atmosphere (well, or very close to it) was used at a pressure of 258 mm Hg.
          1. +6
            21 June 2021 20: 56
            That's right, USED. But they abandoned such an atmosphere after they had a fire from a short circuit (in the USSR, there was also a similar case). If my memory serves me, there were victims on both sides.
            1. +8
              21 June 2021 21: 13
              Americans outside the geographic area of ​​the United States have headaches all over the world. It is enough to google "acoustic attacks against the Americans" and it will be immediately noticeable. Of course, they blame their headaches ... Well, different ones there. Cubans, Chinese, Russians. In general, the whole world is burning with the desire to boil the brains of the Americans.
              So the equipment was dragged to the space station. Moreover, a special one, selectively affecting only American astronauts.
              1. +6
                22 June 2021 03: 38
                Quote: Shurik70
                Americans outside the geographic area of ​​the United States have headaches all over the world.

                that American crew members had headaches either when working in tight spaces with little air, or when everyone was gathering in the same room.
                Hence the simple conclusion that the fewer Americans there are, the less headaches, even for the Americans themselves. laughing
                1. +1
                  22 June 2021 09: 33
                  The prevalence of misanthropy in them seems to be off the charts.
              2. +1
                23 June 2021 14: 55
                Quote: Shurik70
                Americans outside the geographic area of ​​the United States have headaches all over the world. It is enough to google "acoustic attacks against the Americans" and it will be immediately noticeable. Of course, they blame their headaches ... Well, different ones there. Cubans, Chinese, Russians. In general, the whole world is burning with the desire to boil the brains of the Americans.

                Totally agree with you! Gentle and very fastidious, these American astronauts, astronauts and cunning scientists, trying to justify the headaches of Americans with an increased content of carbon dioxide with a hint of Russians!

                For example, I also have a headache, but I don’t blame my spouse for this, who supposedly farts a lot! By the way, who constantly breaks his toilet at the station? Americans!laughing

                Flimsy people, I tell you! Their diplomats in Cuba also had a bad headache. From some unknown sound impact. Even monetary compensation was paid to them! It turned out - Cuban-Russian-Chinese "scouts" in the form of local crickets and cicadas! And so all over the world: no one likes good Americans and seeks to shit on them!laughing laughing laughing
        2. +7
          21 June 2021 20: 48
          Pure oxygen made it possible to reduce the pressure to 0,3 atmospheres, which made it possible to thin the wall of the spacecraft due to the smaller difference in pressure inside and outside (vacuum). And so, American cuisine is to blame, they farts a lot.
        3. +2
          21 June 2021 20: 58
          Atmosphere on the ISS overall
        4. -5
          21 June 2021 21: 20
          Maltz is wrong.
          The problem with combining the Russian basis with amers.
          The station is really old and the limits go away.
          Is it tied? They won't tell us and they will do the right thing.
          But the scatter with amers that could level out. Looks like the system already does not pull.
        5. +1
          22 June 2021 08: 01
          If my memory serves me, then they practice a purely oxygen atmosphere, with the justification that it is cheaper

          Not really! They practiced 100% O2 in the early stages (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo) and only in short-term (up to 14 days) flights. The reason was the simplicity of the coolant, its low weight and the ability to create a lower atmospheric pressure of 0,3 atmospheres (270 mm Hg) in the spacecraft - a height of 10 km. And this is again a decrease in the requirements for the strength of the CC. They began to jump off oxygen on Skylab (flights for 30 days or more), reducing O2 to 70%, and on the Shuttles they came to the "earth" atmosphere
      2. +15
        21 June 2021 22: 46
        It seems to me that there is a difference in approach! And mentality.

        Our guys don't cry, cosmonauts don't complain without a good reason. And they don't really want to spoil their medical records, so that they would not be expelled from the cosmonaut corps. More often they grit their teeth, but they will complete the task, complete the mission to the ISS with full dedication.

        The Americans have a contract. And medical insurance with large payments (ours too, but the attitude to the issue is different). Therefore, from time to time they consider it disgraceful to receive a raise in salary quite honestly. I don't think they are lying, we all (of different intensity and duration) and on Earth have headaches ...

        The atmosphere at the station is general, I do not believe in the physiological difference.
        But I think that the question is in relation to oneself and work, in culture.
        1. +1
          21 June 2021 23: 36
          Quote: RealPilot
          It seems to me that there is a difference in approach! And mentality.

          Self-hypnosis. One complained and the rest began to look for symptoms in themselves.
          1. +1
            23 June 2021 11: 41
            Self-hypnosis.

            Psychosomatics is strong.
    2. +5
      21 June 2021 20: 13
      Now they have headaches in Havana, now on the ISS. Not otherwise
      Russians have installed some kind of irradiator.
      Well, or often with a hangover. SHOULD DRINK LESS.
      1. -2
        22 June 2021 09: 42
        Quote: Blacksmith 55
        SHOULD DRINK LESS

        Or take into orbit more oranges sprinkled with alcohol. good drinks
    3. +4
      21 June 2021 20: 26
      ...... Newbie, no? laughing
      1. 0
        21 June 2021 20: 48
        This is already an "old man" laughing
    4. -1
      21 June 2021 20: 46
      Take your time, we have Bashirov and Petrov
    5. +2
      21 June 2021 22: 40
      Cracks and holes in the Russian segment - obviously. What is there to find out.?. request

      Oh no no no ! And then you need to read the article :)
      In addition, the Russian side claims that in its segments of the ISS, where the average CO2 concentration was at the level of 6 mm Hg, headaches were not observed either among Russians or foreigners.
  2. +2
    21 June 2021 20: 12
    Have you tried foil hats? belay
    1. -1
      22 June 2021 00: 37
      which of the foil = this is necessary from a thick-walled metal such as Titan, so that nothing penetrates at all and even their bad thoughts do not go out
  3. +2
    21 June 2021 20: 12
    Scientists from the United States are investigating why American astronauts on the ISS have headaches.

    Thump should be less! Yes fellow lol
  4. +1
    21 June 2021 20: 13
    well away we go .... Russian cosmonauts irradiate with miniature irradiators in the form of a fig in their pocket))))))
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  6. +8
    21 June 2021 20: 17
    It's all the fault of Cuban crickets, I swear to my mom! bully
  7. -2
    21 June 2021 20: 19
    Our training of cosmonauts is still based on the Soviet school, but they, astronauts, apparently have something wrong with this, since they suffer from weightlessness.
    1. +1
      22 June 2021 08: 52
      Our training of cosmonauts is still based on the Soviet school, but they, astronauts, apparently have something wrong with this, since they suffer from weightlessness.

      And who made the conclusion that from weightlessness? Is this the first thing that came to your mind, or is it a topic for your dissertation "The influence of American citizenship on the manifestation of headaches in orbital flight"? fellow
  8. +1
    21 June 2021 20: 21
    But I think that everything is simpler - dollars. In them, insurance for all cases is agromous. They said that the stupid people hurt - the superfluous tsentiki are dripping like a rain. And how will the supervisors prove that something is wrong?
  9. +2
    21 June 2021 20: 21
    Some kind of weak people.
  10. 0
    21 June 2021 20: 23
    "Cosmic" migraine, however.
  11. +9
    21 June 2021 20: 27
    I see the same symptoms once a month. Headaches, irritability, mood swings, complaints of stuffiness and lack of money. Apparently my friend is also an American astronaut. wassat
    1. 0
      22 June 2021 08: 00
      Offset laughing My wife too!
  12. +6
    21 June 2021 20: 40
    And I know why Americans have headaches. Ours just taught them to drink, but they didn't teach them to hangover. wassat
  13. +1
    21 June 2021 21: 00
    US space crews on the International Space Station complained of headaches.

    As the saying goes: "The head is not a priest, tie it up and lie down" ....
  14. +2
    21 June 2021 21: 00
    Fan..
    You need a regular fan. Maybe amers just don't have it?
    1. +5
      21 June 2021 21: 18
      Quote: Shuttle
      Fan..
      You need a regular fan. Maybe amers just don't have it?


      By the way, at the beginning of the ISS assembly, American astronauts complained about the noise due to the fans of the Russian segment. After they built their segment, their complaints about the noise stopped, they started complaining about headaches. It seems to me that it is - they have a lack of air circulation.
  15. +2
    21 June 2021 21: 20
    ... headache or when working in a tight space where there is little air, or when everyone is gathering in the same room

    Problems with the quality of ventilation and air exchange
  16. +2
    21 June 2021 21: 35
    It's all Petrov and Vasechkin, in the sense Vovan and Lexus are engaged in sabotage. They will blow up something in the Czech Republic, then they will set fire to something in the Ukraine, then they will play on the ISS, pure ubiquitous gremlins ...
    1. +1
      21 June 2021 22: 01
      So they launched the chirping of nightingales through the harness and the Americans were pulled back to the planet by an invisible force. And it pulls them through the ears into the nape of the brain connected to the calcaneal nerve of the anus.
  17. 0
    21 June 2021 21: 49
    Carbon sanctions are against the ISS and will make it pay. Otherwise what is all this for? Undock them the fuck.
  18. +2
    21 June 2021 21: 58
    The Americans are being pressured by their brains and thoughts, why the hell we got here.
  19. +1
    21 June 2021 21: 59
    They need to drill holes and ventilate, otherwise they sit all day in musty.
  20. +1
    21 June 2021 22: 15
    Russians don't get drunk in the morning, so my head hurts
  21. 0
    21 June 2021 23: 02
    When on earth do they have no headaches? brand. they are in space, let them not fly, but they complain.
  22. +1
    21 June 2021 23: 09
    Definitely, tolerasts are to blame for everything, they broke the braces for the Americans,
    - these are their demons and clumsy.
  23. +4
    21 June 2021 23: 23
    It's just that they are all chief executives, and when two or more chief executives for a long time in a confined space - the aura presses on each other, swells and crushes, the heads begin to ache, they can burst and this can cause holes in the skin.
    It is necessary to send one black man and one white man to repent in front of him and kiss him on the lower part of the suit - and there will be harmony, and the head will not hurt!
  24. +1
    22 June 2021 00: 33
    Most likely, the alcohol was diluted a little, with water it is not alright
  25. +2
    22 June 2021 04: 43
    Analysis of this information showed that American crew members had headaches either when working in tight spaces with little air, or when everyone was gathering in the same room.

    There was no need to tyrit vodka from our N / Cs! laughing
  26. +3
    22 June 2021 05: 51
    In fact, our cosmonauts give them space moonshine to drink, and in the morning they don't give them a hangover.
  27. 0
    22 June 2021 05: 57
    What can I explain about this? This can either be told by ordinary astronauts or scientific astronauts. Space has been treated like a stage. Managers and even artists are trying to approach it. They give up writing about this topic.
  28. 0
    22 June 2021 07: 55
    I can assume that inappropriate material was used somewhere in the internal communication on the American segment. The release of the toxin was calculated in the ratio of the area of ​​excretion / volume, kept within the maximum concentration limit, and already at the station they forced the compartment with equipment that took 1/2 part of the volume with the remaining area of ​​excretion + the volume of the astronaut himself, who had been in the compartment for a long time.
    Option-2 chemical poisoning: a similar case was on the Shuttles, with the regular change of LiOH cartridges, the astranauts were poisoned with secretions, the CO2 absorber had to be modified. The problem was not solved 100%, but the number of poisonings was significantly reduced.
  29. +1
    22 June 2021 08: 14
    What is the most important thing in that..MKS? That's right, the most important thing is not to go to the ISS!
    Beans need to eat less and open the vents more often (like drilling)!
    We treat everything with Citramon.
  30. +1
    22 June 2021 08: 15
    Laughter, laughter, but the guarantee station worked out back in 15 year. Then it was extended until the 20th. Because of the fresh scientific modules. But the basic modules have already been, Yok. Zare and Unity are more than 20 years old. And this is not good. Cascade breakdowns are not for mountains and the first symptoms are already there.
  31. fiv
    0
    22 June 2021 08: 21
    LGBT community comment: "My head hurts - * Opera is easier!"
  32. +1
    22 June 2021 09: 08
    I do not understand : the content was within the established norm - 5-6 mm Hg ... Russia went to meet the Americans and reduced the maximum concentration of carbon dioxide to 3 mm(C) recourse As far as I remember, even from school, the atmospheric pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury, and the content of gases in the same atmosphere is measured as a percentage, or some new installations have come out and everything is now measured tolerantly, i.e. through something that doesn't hurt American astronauts. request
  33. sen
    +1
    22 June 2021 11: 49
    Scientists find out the cause of the headache in American astronauts on the ISS

    Not only the ISS, but also Cuba. Ours doesn't hurt. So the Americans were damaged wink ... Many people are angry with them.
  34. 0
    22 June 2021 14: 09
    Scientists from the United States are investigating why American astronauts on the ISS have headaches.

    Well, this is a normal situation for the female half of humanity.
    There is nothing to take women into the crew and there will be no headache.
  35. 0
    22 June 2021 14: 58
    The Americans have a system like this: in order to get funding, you have to overcome something, with something to fight. And if the Russians are also nearby ................... laughing laughing wink
  36. 0
    22 June 2021 16: 41
    Damn, Russia about ..... ate, has already launched a NEWBOY into space.
    DEMAND SANCTIONS !!!
    I'm from Europa, I have the right drinks
  37. 0
    22 June 2021 16: 48
    Quote: Charik
    which of the foil = this is necessary from a thick-walled metal such as Titan, so that nothing penetrates at all and even their bad thoughts do not go out

    Better cast iron and immediately inside instead of the brain
  38. 0
    22 June 2021 18: 13
    Probably Russian colleagues introduced the Assronauts to the Ruff cocktail.

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