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Cardinal Muscle Microscopy Ops
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iss065e281836 (Aug. 20, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei performs microscopy operations to capture images of the Cardinal Muscle investigation BioCells wells aboard the International Space Station. This study tests whether such engineered tissues cultured in space could provide a model for studying muscle loss and assessing possible therapeutics prior to clinical trials.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCardinal Muscle Microscopy Ops. NASA/JSC, 2021-08-20. Public domain. ID: iss065e281836.