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Space Station to Jettison First Treadmill, Plans to Keep COLBERT
Astronauts and cosmonauts residing in the International Space Station have long relied on the “anti-gravity” treadmill, called the “Treadmill Vibration Isolation System,” (TVIS), as a way to counteract the debilitating effects of a lack of gravity, including a loss of muscle mass and bone density. So when collectSPACE.com incorrectly reported that the high-tech device had been jettisoned as space junk, it created a stir.
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