AGBRESA is a research in collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASAto  study the changes occurring in the human body as a consequence of space flight, in particular in exploratory class mission scenarios (Moon or Mars). Volunteers are put in head-down (-6°) position for 60 days to induce modifications similar to those experimented during space flight, and countermeasures are applied to study their effectiveness. Together with colleagues from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and with the support from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Belgian Science Policy Office, Professor Caiani and his research team at Politecnico di Milano  are studying in particular the cardiac function modifications that can lead to astronaut fainting upon returning to gravity after a long duration spaceflight. This is a big problem for space exploration and requires countermeasures to be implemented during such missions. AGBRESA study aims to evaluate whether artificial gravity, generated by short-arm centrifugation, could be a valid countermeasure for space exploration class missions.

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