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Study of the Effects of Spaceflight on the Aging of C. elegans (Space Aging)

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iss043e124213 (4/18/2015) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen performing the Space Aging experiment using the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) rack in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The purpose of the experiment is to study the effects of weightlessness in space flight on the aging of the C. elegans roundworm, a model organism for a range of biological studies.

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Credit lineStudy of the Effects of Spaceflight on the Aging of C. elegans (Space Aging). NASA/JSC, 2015-04-18. Public domain. ID: iss043e124213.

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