Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 joins historic SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 joined the historic SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission. The company has recently announced the return of its smartwatch from space post-completion of a space mission aboard SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn.

SpaceX launched its Polaris Dawn (spacewalk) on September 10, which returned safely on the 15th. Samsung today disclosed the Galaxy Watch 5 was “used in a study to monitor the body composition of astronauts” in the Polaris Dawn mission.

Galaxy Watch x SpaceX

Sending the smartwatch to space in a flagship SpaceX mission wasn’t a general task. Samsung collaborated with different US authorities and institutions so its Galaxy Watch is eligible for joining the spacewalk mission.

Polaris Dawn Returned to Earch | Via: Hindustan Times

Samsung says the study was conducted to monitor the human body’s response and health status in a space environment. The company’s Galaxy Watch 5, launched last year, was used in the study to monitor the body’s response of astronauts.

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University and the University of Hawaii Cancer Center have announced that the body composition values measured with the Galaxy Watch showed a high correlation of 93% to 97% with the results measured by clinical equipment, such as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA).

Image: Polaris Program

Notably, the human body’s response and health status in a space environment are completely different from Earth’s. The study was conducted to prevent muscle loss, hence, astronauts wore the Galaxy Watch 5 to experiment.

Samsung’s Watch is way more preferable compared to conventional body composition monitoring gadgets. The Galaxy smartwatch reportedly offered smooth space health research with its accurate monitoring capabilities while being easy to wear.

Body Composition:

Galaxy Watch’s Body Composition feature is supported by Samsung’s BioActive sensor. It allows users to accurately understand physical conditions by analyzing skeletal muscle mass, basal metabolic rate, body water content, and % of body fat.