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Emily Cooke

Circus 'Wall of Death' stunt may keep astronauts fit on the moon

Picture of a female runner wearing a long-sleeve pink top, black shorts and purple and black trainers. She is running along a "Wall of Death" which appears to be made of wood. There is a blue stripe of paint running across the circumference of the wall. She is also holding on to bungee cords and is wearing a harness.

As NASA prepares to send its first crew to the moon since 1972 and eventually establish a permanent lunar base, scientists have come up with an innovative way to counteract the toll space travel can take on the body: by getting astronauts to perform a daredevil circus stunt on the "Wall of Death."

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