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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 is pictured during a training session at SpaceX headquarters. Photo: SpaceX
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An international crew of four is launching this week to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. Once on station, they’ll conduct more than 200 experiments during their six-month stay.
NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur along with European Space Agency’s Thomas Pesquet and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akihiko Hoside will make up Crew-2, heading to the station Thursday on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule.
NASA Crew 2 science payload to carry human tissue growth studies to space station
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Among the science experiments traveling to the International Space Station this week are tissue chips, which are pieces of flexible plastic with ports and channels to provide nutrients and oxygen to cells inside them, that could allow researchers to better understand how to grow organs. Photo by Josh Valcarcel/NASA
April 19 (UPI) NASA s Crew 2 payload is scheduled to carry several important science experiments to the International Space Station this week.
During a press briefing on Monday, investigators detailed several of the experiments slated to make the trip to ISS.