When you launch into space, the human body may experience slight motion sickness, which may last up to several days, said on Saturday, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Wagner.
"we Have probably the first two weeks is an acute adaptation to microgravity. From the point of view of sickness, perhaps, is closer to the coupling effects of motion sickness I began to feel. The most difficult part was the second day at the station. Then gradually everything started to improve. Now no problems feel in this regard," he said during a session of direct communication with the Earth.
The astronaut said that some time could not navigate the station and didn’t know where the ceiling and the floor. Now, according to him, he is on it without even thinking, no matter upside down or he flies along the wall. In addition, Wagner admitted that the first days at the station "was a hit all around" it was.
The astronaut also noted that the perception of food in the life of the International space station is greatly simplified. Diet, according to which during 16 days, the astronauts can every day to make different food starts to be perceived as several categories of food. Wagner said that in a month all the food for him began to share in freeze-dried cheese, freeze-dried main dishes and vegetables, and canned meat and vegetables.
Ivan Wagner went to the ISS on 9 April 2020 together with Russia’s Anatoly Ivanishin and American astronaut Chris Cassidy. Ivanishin with Wagner at the station for the third time, Wagner’s first flight.
