{"id":112731,"date":"2025-10-10T05:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/112731\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T05:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:54:14","slug":"nasa-astronaut-feels-incredible-at-age-75-heres-why-sciencealert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/112731\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Feels &#8216;Incredible&#8217; at Age 75. Here&#8217;s Why. : ScienceAlert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winston Elliott Scott knows a thing or two about being in space.<\/p>\n<p>As a NASA astronaut, Winston took trips into orbit in 1996 and 1997 on board two different shuttles, logging just over 24 days in space by taking part in two missions that included three spacewalks.<\/p>\n<p>Winston no longer goes into space, having retired from NASA and the US Navy in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Aged 75, he is now a member of a growing group of astronauts who have endured the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/nasa-took-mice-into-space-and-it-did-something-scary-to-their-bones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hazards of radiation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/exposure-to-microgravity-seems-to-seriously-disorient-human-sperm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">long periods of microgravity<\/a>, the crush of rapid acceleration, and maybe the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/nasa-identified-unknown-microbes-in-space-first-time-international-space-station\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">occasional alien microbe<\/a> NASA never told us about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/astronauts-share-most-breathtaking-images-of-earth-from-space-in-2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Astronauts Share Most Breathtaking Images of Earth From Space in 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To find out what being in space is like \u2013 and what living in space does to you \u2013 ScienceAlert reporter Chris &#8216;Spo&#8217; Esposito checked in with Winston for an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760075653_968_0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Thumbnail\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"youtube-thumbnail-preview\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> frameborder=&#8221;0\u2033 allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the clip to hear from Winston personally, and you&#8217;ll discover not only how NASA deals with the health of its past, present, and future astronauts \u2013 but also what kind of impacts space travel has on the human body, and on the mind too.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re passionate about space, make sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/spark-into-space-comp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to our Spark newsletter<\/a> and you could win an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/win-a-space-coast-holiday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">epic Space Coast adventure holiday in Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/spark-into-space-comp?utm_source=promo_launch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mid-Article-Promo-Launch-642x272.jpg\" alt=\"Mid Article Promo Launch\" width=\"642\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-177073 size-medium\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To enter, readers simply need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/spark-into-space-comp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to Spark<\/a>, ScienceAlert&#8217;s fact-checked weekly newsletter. 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