In microgravity, the human spine lengthens by as much as five centimetres, and astronauts come home temporarily taller than when they left, before gravity compresses the column again within days of landing - Space Daily

  1. In microgravity, the human spine lengthens by as much as five centimetres, and astronauts come home temporarily taller than when they left, before gravity compresses the column again within days of landing  Space Daily
  2. Iowa State University lab examines muscle and bone deterioration in space and on Earth  Iowa Capital Dispatch
  3. Spend a year in space and your own body will betray you on the way home, starting with your spine.  Space Daily
  4. What happens to astronauts' bodies on the ISS? A look at how space affects bone, blood and eyes  starlust.org
  5. What happens to our body in space?  The Hindu