Garmin smartwatches will be part of the Polaris Dawn space mission signaling an impressive milestone for the Garmin brand. The premium Garmin Fenix 7 will help scientists understand how space travel affects the human body. The smartwatch will provide accurate health data during the Polaris Dawn human spaceflight, according to a press release by Garmin.
The Polaris Dawn space mission will last up to five days. It will be launched from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During the mission, researchers will continually monitor and collect the biometrics of crew members. The health and fitness measurements include heart rate, pulse oximetry, and sleep patterns.
Garmin, in a press statement, said it is honored to be a part of the exciting research effort. The research will advance the understanding of how the human body adapts to extreme conditions during a space flight. The long-lasting battery life of the Garmin Fenix means that the monitoring will be done on a single charge. The four crew members will be continuously monitored both while awake and when they are sleeping all through the mission.
The historic Polaris Dawn mission will attempt to reach the highest earth orbit ever flown with humans and also complete the first-ever commercial spacewalk. The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine is supporting the research.
The Garmin Fenix smartwatches were chosen by the Polaris Dawn and TRISH team because of their long battery life and ruggedness. They offer an extensive collection of health monitoring features. The data provided by the Garmin Fenix smartwatches will help the researchers to better understand how the body adjusts to space travel. The data will also be incorporated into the TRISH EXPAND database.
Garmin Health continues to provide custom enterprise business solutions that leverage the extensive Garmin wearables portfolio and high-quality sensor data. Their applications cover corporate wellness, population health, and patient monitoring. The Garmin Health API also allows third-party integration in line with specific privacy policies. The Polaris Dawn mission will commence later this year.
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