WHY ARE WE SENDING A BIOPRINTER
PROTEIN CRYSTALS
AND STAIN REMOVER TO SPACE?
DOZENS OF NEW EXPERIMENTS WILL SOON ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON PREVIOUS MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY AND FUTURE MISSIONS TO SPACE
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S ON BOARD THE 24TH SPACEX CARGO MISSION
BIOPRINT FIRST AID
A handheld bioprinter tests technology that could one day
be used to print tissue directly on wounds to accelerate healing.
CASIS PCG 20
Pharmaceutical company Merck continues a protein crystal growth study
that could improve the delivery of cancer treatment drugs.
HOST PATHOGEN
Blood and saliva samples taken before, during, and after spaceflight could help researchers assess
astronaut risk from infectious microbes and develop countermeasures to restore immune function.
MVP PLANT-01
Researchers continue to study RNA associated with plant shoot and root development
while testing a new plant experiment module.
PGTIDE
An investigation from Tide examines detergent efficacy
and the effectiveness of stain removal ingredients in microgravity.
TURBINE SCM
Engineers will evaluate a manufacturing device that processes heat resistant metal parts
in microgravity, which will be tested for future use in items like turbine engines on Earth.
SPOCS
The Student Payload Opportunity with Citizen Science (SPOCS) program will launch experiments
from Columbia University and the University of Idaho to space.
THESE EXPERIMENTS WILL JOIN THE HUNDREDS OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS ABOARD THE ORBITING LABORATORY
FOLLOW @ISS_RESEARCH TO LEARN MORE
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