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A Sleeping Bag Could Stop Astronauts' Eyeballs Squashing in Space. More than 6-months in space can cause astronauts' eyeballs to deform. A new sleeping bag may stop astronauts' eyeballs squashing in zero-gravity - the bags created a vacuum which sucked body fluids from the head towards the feet.


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