NATION IN BRIEF : ALABAMA : Motion Sickness Not a Problem on Shuttle

The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia say they have suffered little motion sickness on a mission to study just that. Astronaut Susan Helms, who is in charge of the laboratory experiments, said the entire space shuttle crew adapted “very, very quickly” to weightlessness. Queasy astronauts or no, the mission should shed light on all sorts of space ailments, including motion sickness, flabby muscles and poor sleep, said Dr. Victor Schneider, a NASA scientist who is monitoring the mission from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.