Artemis II Crew to Use Avatars for Deep Space Health Research
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NASA's Artemis II mission will carry the AVATAR experiment, using organ-on-a-chip devices containing astronaut cells to study the effects of deep space radiation and microgravity on human health, aiming to improve astronaut protection and advance personalized medicine.
- Avatars for Astronaut Health to Fly on NASA’s Artemis II NASA Science (.gov)
- Artemis II Crew Both Subjects and Scientists in NASA Deep Space Research NASA (.gov)
- Astronaut Health Avatars Aboard NASA's Artemis II Mirage News
- Artemis II astronauts to serve as researchers and test subjects for deep space health studies madhyamamonline.com
- Artemis II Crew to Advance Human Spaceflight Research NASA (.gov)
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