STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow Exercise — and echocardiograms — in space protected astronauts’ hearts in study If humans journey to Mars in 2035, exercise will be critical to keeping their hearts strong in microgravity. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/15/heart-research-in-space-cardiovascular-health-nasa-astronauts-mars-mission/ statnews.com