WHY ARE WE SENDING TUMOR CELLS
A HYDROGEN SENSOR
AND SKIN CELLS TO THE SPACE STATION?
DOZENS OF NEW EXPERIMENTS WILL SOON ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY AND FUTURE MISSIONS TO SPACE
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S ON BOARD NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S 17TH CARGO MISSION
XROOTS
A NEW PLANT GROWTH SYSTEM WILL TEST HYDROPONIC AND AEROPONIC TECHNIQUES.
RESULTS MAY AID THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGER SCALE VEGETABLE CROP SYSTEMS FOR SPACE HABITATS.
MICROQUIN 3D TUMOR
HUMAN BREAST AND PROSTATE TUMOR CELLS WILL GROW IN A 3D MODEL MADE POSSIBLE BY MICROGRAVITY.
RESULTS COULD HELP IMPROVE DRUGS THAT TARGET CANCER CELLS.
ADVANCED HYDROGEN SENSOR TECHNOLOGY DEMO
LONGER-LASTING SENSORS WILL BE TESTED IN STATION OXYGEN GENERATING SYSTEMS
WHICH COULD BENEFIT FUTURE SPACECRAFT.
SPACE AS-LIB
RESEARCHERS WILL MOUNT A SOLID-STATE LITHIUM ION BATTERY OUTSIDE OF THE STATION
TO DEMONSTRATE THIS TECHNOLOGY’S SAFETY AND RELIABILITY IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS.
COLGATE SKIN AGING
RESEARCHERS WILL EVALUATE ENGINEERED SKIN CELLS THAT MAY PROVIDE A MODEL
FOR BETTER SKIN PROTECTION PRODUCTS BACK ON EARTH.
SOFIE
A NEW COMBUSTION RESEARCH FACILITY WILL HOST MULTIPLE STUDIES
TO IMPROVE THE FIRE SAFETY OF HUMAN SPACECRAFT.
THESE EXPERIMENTS WILL JOIN THE HUNDREDS OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS
ABOARD THE ORBITING LABORATORY.
FOLLOW @ISS_RESEARCH TO LEARN MORE.
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