NASA’s ISS Research Summary: Week of January 22, 2018
NASA astronaut Scott Tingle works within the Japanese Experiment Module airlock.
Media Credit: NASA
It was another busy week on the International Space Station as astronauts carried out investigations in the fields of human research, earth and space science, and physical science in addition to preparing for an upcoming spacewalk. Highlights of this week’s research include an investigation on the impact of long-duration spaceflight on brain structure and function, image analysis of meteors and the the ISSInternational Space Station National Lab-sponsored investigation on colloids and how they can improve the shelf-life of household products here on Earth.