{"id":9573,"date":"2026-04-12T00:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:25:12","slug":"side-effects-artemis-ii-astronauts-might-suffer-once-they-return-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/?p=9573","title":{"rendered":"Side effects Artemis II astronauts might suffer once they return to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the cheering stops, the real battle begins. Artemis II\u2019s heroes will slam back into Earth at 25,000 mph, survive a fireball, and drop into a dark,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>waiting ocean. But it\u2019s what happens after the splashdown that shocks even them: wobbling steps,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>failing muscles, a body that suddenly feels unbearably hea\u2026 Continues\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will emerge from the capsule as global icons, but their first steps on the recovery ship may look anything but heroic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Days in microgravity quietly strip muscle and confuse the inner ear, so simply standing upright can feel like lifting concrete. Astronauts describe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>feeling as if their own heads are too heavy, their legs unreliable, their balance stolen. Medical teams rush in not for show,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but because the human body is briefly overwhelmed by gravity it once took for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rehabilitation begins almost immediately: guided walks, constant monitoring, and a strict exercise regime to reclaim strength<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that vanished in orbit. Even seasoned spacefarers admit that Earth feels alien at first, its pull unforgiving, its weight shocking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet they push through dizziness, fatigue, and aching muscles, knowing this is the final price of touching the edge of the impossible\u2014and coming home alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/signal-2026-01-09-024205-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7481\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the cheering stops, the real battle begins. Artemis II\u2019s heroes will slam back into Earth at 25,000 mph, survive a fireball, and drop into a dark,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9574,"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9573\/revisions\/9574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}