Relating to the study of how living organisms, especially humans, survive and function in space environments.
From bio- (life) + astronautical (relating to space travel, from Greek astron 'star' + nautes 'sailor'). Emerged in the 1960s as space exploration raised new biological questions.
Bioastronautical research solved real problems like how muscles atrophy in zero gravity and whether astronauts' bones would dissolve in space—discoveries that actually led to better treatments for osteoporosis on Earth!
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