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The Moon’s gravity, which is only about one sixth of the Earth’s, will give the Apollo medical team another new thing to study, Dr. Charles Barry told the Associated Press in an interview published on 13 July 1969.

After over 4500 hours in spaceflight, the astronauts had not had any serious medical problems. “We’ve knocked down one medical fear after another in manned space flight,” Barry said.

For an early overview of the problems associated with manned spaceflight, check out this history of Project Mercury, the US manned space program that preceded Gemini and Apollo: https://bit.ly/

Photo: Joe Kerwin gives Pete Conrad a dental examination aboard Skylab on 22 June 1973 / NASA

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The Moon’s gravity, which is only about one sixth of the Earth’s, will give the Apollo medical team another new thing to study, Dr. Charles Barry told the Associated Press in an interview published on 13 July 1969.

After over 4500 hours in spaceflight, the astronauts had not had any serious medical problems. “We’ve knocked down one medical fear after another in manned space flight,” Barry said.

For an early overview of the problems associated with manned spaceflight, check out this history of Project Mercury, the US manned space program that preceded Gemini and Apollo: https://bit.ly/

Photo: Joe Kerwin gives Pete Conrad a dental examination aboard Skylab on 22 June 1973 / NASA