Space Station Science Highlights: Week of Feb 19, 2018
NASA astronaut Joe Acaba works within the EMCS as a part of the Gravity Perception Systems (Plant Gravity Perception) investigation. Plant Gravity Perception studies plants’ gravity and light perception in the microgravity environment of the space station.
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In addition to many hours of scientific investigations, crew members aboard the International Space Station spent the week preparing for the departure of Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei, who are scheduled to return to Earth next week.