Linda talks to former Astronaut Norm Thagard about the experience of returning to Earth after an extended stay in orbit. Thagard stayed aboard the Mir Space Station last year for over a hundred days. On the eve of Astronaut Shannon Lucid's even longer stay, he comments of bone mass loss, exercise in space and its effects. He says it felt okay to walk, but running was tough for three months.
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