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Astronauts that hibernate on long spaceflights is not just for sci-fi. We could test it in 10 years.

A man and a woman in cryogenic capsules. Hibernation chambers for sleeping. Futuristic polygonal design of interconnected lines and dots. Blue background.

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March 21, 2023

The first hibernation studies with human subjects could be feasible within a decade, a European Space Agency (ESA) researcher thinks. 

Such experiments would pave the way for a science-fiction-like approach to long-duration space missions that would see crew members placed into protective slumber for weeks or months on their way to distant destinations. 

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