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Osteocytes and Mechano-Transduction (Osteo-4)
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Iss043E122574 (04/19/2015) — ESA (European Space Station) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, a flight engineer on the International Space Station, is seen here unpacking the recently arrived Osteo-4 experiment which was carried up on Spacex’s sixth Dragon resupply mission. Osteo-4 is performing research on how microgravity effects changes in the most common cell found in human bones to protect the health of future astronauts.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineOsteocytes and Mechano-Transduction (Osteo-4). NASA/JSC, 2015-04-19. Public domain. ID: iss043e122574.
