Exercising in Space

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Channel: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 2016 · Education

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Kjell Lindgren explains why astronauts must exercise while in microgravity and describes the exercises they do.

This video is one in a series developed for the Holt Scholars Program. Access the materials for the Body in Space middle school life science curriculum here: 

https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/the-body-in-space-student/9o4nrCrrqC4A4i82#r

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