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How Voyaging to Mars Risks Harming an Astronaut’s Eyes | According to NASA, roughly 70% of astronauts aboard ISS experience swelling in the back of their eyes, and symptoms worsen and become permanent the longer an astronaut is in space, a challenge during longer missions — like future trips to Mars


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