Astronauts can grow up to two inches taller while they’re in space

According to past studies by NASA, astronauts get taller in space by about three percent, which means that a 6-foot-tall (1.8 meters) person could gain as much as 2 inches while in orbit. Experts say the astronaut’s height returns to normal after a few months back on Earth


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