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The study on aging muscles, conducted by the University of Liverpool and supported by the UK Space Agency has just been launched.
The experiment hopes to help understand what happens to human muscles as people age, and why.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 will send human muscle cells into space this Tuesday to examine the science of ageing in space and use it on Earth.
MicroAge is the second experiment funded by the UK Space Agency that will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) after the previous one was launched in June. Described as “one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century,” ageing will be at the center of this innovative study that required three years of preparation.
The project will be launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.