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Today in Astronaut Fashion: A Unitard to Keep Your Back HealthyWe’re at our tallest when we wake up in the morning after spending the night in a supine position, but over the course of the day our spine is squashed down as much as 1.5 centimeters due to gravity. As unsettling as it may sound, this effect is not bad for our bodies: we are designed to adapt to it.

In space, things are a bit different, because there’s no gravity. And that’s bad news for astronauts, that after coming back from their journey must get used to feeling heavy again. This can be a painful process: astronauts typically come back from long periods of weightlessness a little taller – but the supporting ligaments and muscles around their spine will have grown weaker, not having to resist gravity. That means they will be more prone to back pain and slipped disks.

Scientists from King’s College London and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Medicine Office set out to find a solution to the problem. Their Skinsuit is a spandex-based garment that recreates the squeezing effect that gravity has on the body

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