NASA completes Rodent Research-1 operations on the International Space Station
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
With the successful completion of mission operations for Rodent Research-1, NASA has brought an important new biological research capability into space. NASA's rodent research hardware system enables researchers to study the long-term effects of microgravity—or weightlessness—on mammalian physiology. The system will support ongoing research into how microgravity affects rodents, providing information relevant to human spaceflight, discoveries in basic biology and knowledge that may have direct impacts on human health on Earth.