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Using Organoids to Unlock the Potential of Human Torpor for Spaceflight
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From microgravity 🛰️ to anti-gravity! Back at the European Astronaut Center, post-flight reconditioning included running on the anti-gravity treadmill, which, despite its name, does not actually eliminate gravity… 😁
The lower body is enclosed in an air-pressure chamber. By adjusting the pressure, the treadmill reduces the load on the legs, muscles and joints, allowing you to walk or run while bearing less than your normal body weight.
That was fun, but I was so happy to be actually running outside a few days after! 🏃♀️➡️🌴
📸 @esa – M. Cowan
De la micropesanteur 🛰️ à l’antigravité ! Quand j’étais au Centre européen des astronautes pour la période post-vol, j’ai eu droit à des séances sur un tapis de course très spécial, appelé “antigravity treadmill”. Contrairement à ce que son nom laisse penser, il ne fait pas vraiment disparaître la gravité… 😁
Le bas du corps est placé dans une chambre pressurisée, et il suffit d’ajuster la pression pour réduire la charge sur les jambes, les muscles et les articulations, permettant ainsi de marcher ou de courir en ne supportant qu’une partie de son poids habituel.
Bon, c’était sympa, mais c’était encore + sympa de courir dehors quelques jours après ! 🏃♀️➡️🌲
#εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @ESA_fr
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The space station isn't just a laboratory for space science. It's helping researchers explore new ways to benefit patients on Earth and astronauts on future deep-space missions.
Learn about ISS National Lab-sponsored research in this area: ow.ly/bgFI50ZZ3Kv
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実は、宇宙飛行士になってから一番恐れおののいていた訓練が、自分で自分の血を採る「自己採血」。
宇宙飛行士は自分で採血しなければならない時もあるらしい、ということは以前から何となく知っていました。でも、私は昔から採血が大の苦手。採血されるときは必ず顔をそむけていたくらいです。
宇宙飛行士になってからは、この日のために、まず健康診断で採血されるときに「針を見る」ところから始め、少しずつ心理的な準備を重ねてきました。
前回の訓練では、うまく血管に針が入らず失敗。でも、気を取り直して臨んだ今日は、ついに成功！
さらに、練習台を買って出てくださったジョンソン宇宙センターのスタッフの方からの採血も、一発で成功しました！
実は、宇宙飛行士の採血の練習台になりたいというボランティアの方はジョンソン宇宙センターには結構多いそうです。
勇気ある皆さんに、最敬礼です！🙇♂️
#宇宙飛行士 #宇宙飛行士訓練 #JAXA #ISS
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Astronauts like @soph_astro and submariners may have more in common than you think. 🧑🚀⚓
By studying both, Exposome Signature is helping scientists understand how our bodies respond to extreme environments, with benefits for health in space and on Earth.
🔗 esa.int/Science_Exploration/… #εpsilon
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I was seated in the audience front row, and recognised Heide's symptoms. The crew, behind her, couldn't see that she was about to faint, so I jumped onto the stage and luckily caught her in time. Ever since then, astronauts sit during the debriefs immediately post-spaceflight. Don't need anyone falling and getting hurt.
Investigating microgravity's role in morphological changes, growth behavior, DNA damage, and cytotoxic responses of AMJ13 breast cancer cells
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This week in space science we have been incredibly busy. ADSEP is just one example of the research that flew up on SpaceX-35. This one is pharmaceutical development in a box to take advantage of microgravity for drug production!
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At the @ucsdstemcell Symposium, Vast Principal Scientist Meg Everett discussed stem cell research in low-Earth orbit, and Astronaut Advisor @Astro_Megan shared her research experience in space. Attendees toured the Haven-1 Experience.
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UTMB's new Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship has one position, starting July 1, 2027. The 12-month, ACGME-accredited program trains at UTMB and NASA. Physicians who have finished residency or are in their final year can apply by Nov. 16. utmb.us/gtr
ALT Pressure dial titled "Trained across the whole dial," under the labels "Curriculum, 2027–28" and "Undersea + hyperbaric." The dial runs from 0 to 4 atmospheres absolute (ATA), with a needle at 1 ATA marked sea level. Values below 1 are labeled altitude and spaceflight, and values above 1 are labeled depth and chamber. Six rings show where the fellowship's training areas fall on the scale. Operational medicine spans 0 to 4, hypobaric medicine 0 to 1, alternobaric environments 0.5 to 2, dive medicine 1 to 4, hyperbaric medicine 2 to 3, and advanced wound care 2 to 2.4. The footer reads "Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship, 12 months, ACGME-accredited, apply by Nov. 16, UTMB.US/GTR" beside the UTMB Aerospace and Exploration Medicine logo.
The mechanism and protection of microgravity induced cardiac remodeling
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One of my favorite places to work on @Space_Station is the Life Sciences Glovebox, where we get to be the hands and eyes of scientists on the ground. Here, I’m helping with an experiment called InSPA-Auxilium Bioprinter-Cell Printing, which leverages the microgravity environment of ISS to 3D print cells and manufacture human liver, kidney, and cartilage tissue. Just one of many examples of how we’re using this amazing orbital national laboratory to reshape our understanding of biology, medicine, and engineering, and improve life on Earth!
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Sanofi is known for its bold research in unconventional environments—and it doesn’t get much bolder than doing research in space.
See how unexpected results from an ISS study could help @sanofi improve vaccine responses in older adults: issnationallab.org/upward/an…
#vaccines #pharma
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Yesterday’s bone density scans. This DEXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) machine uses low dose X-rays to measure bone density and body composition. Without the loading signal of gravity, our bones will leach calcium in space, which can lead to significant losses in bone density. This is why it is so important for us to exercise in space. Thanks to lots of weight lifting on the @Space_Station, the preliminary results show that the bone density in my spine actually increased in space!
Comprehensive exercise countermeasures for astronauts low back pain in microgravity: A scoping review
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Spaceflight-associated Motion Sickness in Commercial Crew Astronauts arxiv.org/abs/2610.24216
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This microscopic image shows a cloned tumor sample from a SpaceX CRS-30 investigation that used Encapsulate’s tumor-on-a-chip system to grow patient-derived cancer cells and test chemotherapy drugs in microgravity: ow.ly/g18950ZZ0l6
📸 Credit: @Encapsulatebio #Upward
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W-7 is officially in low Earth orbit and all systems are nominal! Got questions about this payload? We’re here to answer them. Learn more below.
Disrupted Osteogenic Gene expression of Osteoblasts in vivo under simulated microgravity: Vibration exposure as a potential countermeasure
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