{"id":7629,"date":"2024-02-27T20:56:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astronauts-of-crew-8-to-support-various-rd-projects-during-six-month-expedition-on-iss\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:56:33","slug":"astronauts-of-crew-8-to-support-various-rd-projects-during-six-month-expedition-on-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astronauts-of-crew-8-to-support-various-rd-projects-during-six-month-expedition-on-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts of Crew-8 to Support Various R&#038;D Projects During Six-Month Expedition on ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1709012993107_638446097946219312.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"386\" alt=\"Astronauts of Crew-8 to Support Various R&amp;D Projects During Six-Month Expedition on ISS\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1709012993107_638446097946219312.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1709012993107_638446097946219312.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"386\"><\/p>\n<p>Four new crew members will work on dozens of scientific investigations during their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the next six-month science expedition in low Earth orbit. The investigations, many of which are sponsored by the <strong>ISS National Laboratory<\/strong>, aim to increase our understanding of fundamental and applied sciences, as well as advance technology to benefit humanity back on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>NASA astronauts <strong>Matthew Dominick<\/strong> (commander), <strong>Michael Barratt<\/strong> (pilot), and <strong>Jeanette Epps<\/strong> (mission specialist) along with Roscosmos cosmonaut <strong>Alexander Grebenkin<\/strong> (mission specialist) will work on projects spanning a variety of disciplines, including in-space production applications, life and physical sciences, and technology development as part of <strong>SpaceX<\/strong>&#8216;s eighth rotational crew mission (Crew-8) contracted by NASA.<\/p>\n<p>Below highlights a few of the ISS National Lab-sponsored research investigations the Crew-8 astronauts will conduct during their mission:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A continuing investigation from Emory University will examine microgravity&#8217;s effects on the growth and function of heart muscle cells as they mature into tissue-like structures. Findings will help advance cardiac disease modeling and could lead to the development of new therapies to treat heart disease in patients on Earth.<\/li>\n<li>Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly &amp; Company and Butler University will partner with Redwire Corporation on two investigations leveraging Redwire&#8217;s Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory (PIL-BOX), a platform that aims to crystallize organic molecules in microgravity. Results from this could lead to improved therapeutics to treat an array of conditions.<\/li>\n<li>A project from the National Stem Cell Foundation (NSCF) will continue to study the mechanisms behind neuroinflammation, a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers created 3D brain models derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) of patients with Alzheimer&#8217;s and Parkinson&#8217;s diseases as well as primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) to carry out this study.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple projects aim to test a variety of technologies in space, including an updated version of the HPE Spaceborne Computer-2, a commercial off-the-shelf supercomputer from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) based on HPE ProLiant and Edgeline servers. Another project from space robotics company GITAI will test a pair of robotic arms on the exterior of the space station to evaluate how well they function in the space environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boeing<\/strong> partnered with NASA and the ISS National Lab, launching an investigation testing protocols for future Genes in Space\u2122 student-led investigations. The project aims to expand the capabilities of the Genes in Space toolkit and complete an end-to-end microbial characterization of the water recovery system on the space station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Crew-8 mission, which is part of NASA&#8217;s Commercial Crew Program, is slated to lift off on a SpaceX <strong>Falcon 9 rocket<\/strong> from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than March 1, 2024, at 12:04 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four new crew members will work on dozens of scientific investigations during their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the next six-month science expedition in low Earth orbit. The investigations, many of which are sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, aim to increase our understanding of fundamental and applied sciences, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-7629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}