Skeletons in Space

ISS030E012688 NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, exercises using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS030E012688 - NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, exercises using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

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“Life as we know it has evolved with one constant and that is gravity” says Dr. Liz Warren, associate International Space Station scientist at the ISS National Lab. Investigations taking place on the ISS National Lab are researching how to keep astronauts safe while in space and after they return to Earth.