space sickness

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. a complex of symptoms including nausea, lethargy, headache, and sweating, occurring among astronauts under conditions of weightlessness.

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space sickness British  

noun

1. the nausea that people can experience in the gravity-free environment of space

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Etymology

Origin of space sickness

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

It even has a name, “Space Adaptation Syndrome,” or more commonly, space sickness.

From Washington Post

Jake Garn, on the other hand, “represents the maximum level of space sickness that anyone can ever attain, and so the mark of being totally sick and totally incompetent is one Garn. Most guys will get maybe to a tenth Garn, if that high.”

From Slate

But space sickness is a very real problem when you are up there on a mission trying to do a job.

From Scientific American

Except for his nineteen and three-quarter minutes of space sickness.

From Nature

Thursday June 16 2011 06:48 GMT Everyone knows what it's like to feel sick on a long car journey - well imagine what it's like for the astronaut who's got space sickness!

From Children's BBC