New Research Explores How a Short Trip to Space Affects the Human Body

Jared Isaacman (L) and Hayley Arceneaux prepare to head to launchpad 39A for a launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sept. 15, 2021. John Raoux/AP Photo

DALLAS—Space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit, according to new studies published Tuesday.

Those shifts mostly returned to normal once the amateurs returned to Earth, researchers reported.