A major effect of long-term weightlessness involves the loss of bone and muscle mass. Without the effects of gravity, skeletal muscle is no longer required to maintain posture and the muscle groups used in moving around in a weightless environment differ from those required in terrestrial locomotion.
Marina /ma-ri-na/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced mah-REE-nah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Marina is from the sea. From marine. A saint's name. Shakespeare gave the name to Pericles' daughter in his play Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
Origin of the name Anastasia: Feminine form of the Greek Anastasios (of the resurrection), a derivative of anastasis (resurrection). The name was borne by a daughter of Czar Nicholas II. She was supposedly murdered by the Bolsheviks along with the rest of her family in 1918.hare what you know! Personal experiences with the name Anastasia: | Edit. My name was Anastasia Marie Cassella. My parents thought that Anastasia was too hard of a name to learn to print in school for Kindergarten so they called me Marie and because of the Italian in our family it became Maria.