Space Stations

Using The Life Sciences Glovebox

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

January 3, 2021

Filed under International Space Station, ISS, NASA

Using The Life Sciences Glovebox — Kate Rubins works inside the Life Sciences Glovebox (LSG)

NASA

NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins works inside the Life Sciences Glovebox (LSG) servicing engineered heart tissue samples for the Cardinal Heart study that seeks to understand space-caused cell and tissue abnormalities. The LSG is located inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory module.

iss064e015250 (Dec. 24, 2020) – larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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