Astronauts Begin 2018 by Studying How Living in Space Affects Humans

Astronaut Joe Acaba, who’s leading the tests on the International Space Station, worked with a tissue culture in a glove box.
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The Expedition 54 crew is starting the new year by studying how humans adapt to living in space for months and years at a time. One current investigation, taking place in the ISSInternational Space Station National Lab, is researching how a synthetic material called Tetranite™ can aid bone fractures and bone loss in space and on Earth.