New Delhi, June 12 (IANS). Indian Air Force officer and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has shared an interesting experience related to the preparations for the space mission. He told that due to gravity being almost negligible in space, astronauts have to do hard exercises regularly to keep their muscles strong.
Shubhanshu Shukla said in a post on Instagram that gravity on Earth keeps our body constantly active. In every activity the muscles of the body have to work, due to which they remain strong. But in space the situation is completely different. Due to the very less effect of gravity there, many muscles of the body do not need to work normally. If this is not taken care of, the muscles start becoming weak.
He told that for this reason the astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) exercise for about two hours every day. This is an important part of their daily routine, due to which the body remains healthy and active.
Shubhanshu also mentioned a funny experience he had during his training. He told that before the launch, many strength tests were conducted during the quarantine last year (2025). The purpose of these tests was to create a record of the initial condition of the body, so that after the mission, doctors could understand how much change occurred in the body due to being in space.
He told that during a test, a strength gauge was placed between his legs and the machine. He was instructed to apply pressure with only one foot, but in his excitement he applied pressure with both feet. This resulted in the machine shaking and all the data becoming useless.
After this incident, the technical team adopted a different approach the next time. Shubhanshu told that in the next attempt, his flight surgeon himself sat on top of the machine, so that the machine did not move from its place and the correct data could be recorded.
–IANS
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