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The authors analyze the literature data published in the last 20 years on clinical, laboratory, physiological, hematological and biochemical evidence obtained at preflight and postflight examinations of astronauts and experimental animals who spent 5-12 months in space. After space flights the astronauts exhibited a noticeable decrease in red cell mass, in reticulocyte count, hemoglobin and erythropoietin levels (associated with hypochromia and hyposideremia). This condition of erythron in microgravity is termed astronauts' anemia.
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