Spacesuits damaged the fingernails of 22 out of 179 U.S. astronauts studied, including 18 men and four women — but 27 of the 31 injuries happened not during spacewalks, but underwater in NASA’s giant training pool
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A study of 179 U.S. astronauts found that spacesuits damaged the fingernails of 22 astronauts (18 men and four women), producing 31 injuries in total. Most of these, 27 of 31, occurred during underwater training rather than actual spacewalks.
This documented occupational injury isn't caused by launch or landing—it can happen when astronauts spend hours in pressurised gloves during underwater training. The post Spacesuits damaged the fingernails of 22 out of 179 U.S. astronauts studied, including 18 men and four women — but 27 of the 31 injuries happened not during spacewalks, but underwater in NASA’s giant training pool appeared first on Space Daily .
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