NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 15 December, 2020 - Microgravity and the Heart
Status Report - Source: SpaceRef
Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Victor Glover reviews research procedures on a computer.
The Expedition 64 crew continues exploring how microgravity affects the heart to improve health for humans on and off the Earth.
Northrop Grumman has booked its next Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station for early next year.
NASA Flight Engineers Kate Rubins and Michael Hopkins partnered up today for the Cardinal Heart study to learn how to treat aging and weakening heart cells. Hopkins peered at heart tissue samples through a microscope while Rubins serviced those samples in the Kibo laboratory module's Life Sciences Glovebox.