NASA
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, which recently returned from the ISS, included 50 biotechnology, physical science and student research payloads.
Requests are being taken for multiple awards backing space-based tissue and mechanobiology.
SpaceX Crew-9 projects include a look at the results of radiation on gene-editing mechanisms.
The solicitation seeks projects that leverage technology and the microgravity environment in space to create therapies to treat significant diseases on Earth.
Investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory will be performed, including tissue chip investigations to study liver regeneration and the immune aging process.
The astronauts will support several investigations, including ones aiming to create a protein-based artificial retina and evaluate how gut microbes change in space.
HIMSS22
During a discussion at HIMSS22, panelists discuss the health challenges of a long mission to Mars and how new interfaces could keep astronauts safe.
The goal is to reduce risks from spaceflight and improve healthcare on Earth.
As part of the deal, NASA employees, including 150 astronauts, will get a Fitbit Charge 4 and access to the Work Daily Check-In platform.
NASA stakeholders discuss the potential for technologies supporting astronauts' mental health and cognitive functioning during a mission.