Garmin smartwatches to beam vitals of crew aboard five-day space mission

NASA researchers will be monitoring and collecting the biometrics such as heart rate, sleep patterns, pulse oximetry of crew members who would be onboard the upcoming Polaris Dawn human spaceflight. During the five-day mission, the biometrics would be monitored on a single charge via the Garmin smartwatches the crew would be wearing.

The Polaris Dawn crew aboard a Dragon spacecraft would be launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, later this year.

"The exceptional battery life of our smartwatches will allow researchers the opportunity to continuously monitor all four crew members while awake and at rest over the five-day mission— with no downtime needed to recharge the battery,” said Garmin's vice-president of global sales Dan Bartel.