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Canaveral wednesday evening on a spacex rocket. their capsule, the dragon, measuring 13 feet wide, their home as they whizzed around earth at 17,000 miles an hour. >> it's been really interesting to see how fluid shifts with this microgravity environment. >> reporter: the mission part science, to determine the effects of space on the human body, and part charity, more than $150 million raised for st. jude's children's hospital where arceneaux works. patients there are getting a rare treat thursday. >> are there cows on the moon >> i hope there will be one day >> reporter: their trip highlighti...

>> reporter: commander jared isaacman and the crew of spacex's inspiration 4 giving the world a glimpse into their historic three-day trip to space. >> welcome, everybody, to crew dragon resilience. >> hailey arceneaux, a physician's assistant back on earth, explaining some of the scientific experiments the crew has been conducting as they orbit at an altitude even higher than the international space station. >> it's been really interesting to see how fluid shifts with this microgravity environment. >> reporter: scion procter, a geology professor, artist, and poet showing off some of the art s...

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 16 December, 2020 - Exploring Heart Cells, Muscles Status Report - Source: SpaceRef Space biology was the dominant research theme aboard the International Space Station today. The Expedition 64 crew explored heart cells, muscles and more to understand how microgravity impacts the human body. The Cardinal Heart study has been under way all week with the crew observing engineered heart tissue samples through a microscope in Japan's Kibo laboratory module. The samples are being processed inside the Life Sciences Glovebox to help researchers unders...

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 11 December, 2020 Status Report - Source: SpaceRef NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 11 December, 2020. Today: Payloads - JAXA Low Temp PCG: The crew retrieved the Low Temp PCG Sample from cold stowage and initiated protein crystal growth with historical documentation of the sample condition. The PCG Sample was re-inserted back into cold stowage. The objective of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Low Temperature Protein Crystallization Growth (JAXA Low Temp PCG) investigation is to grow high quality protein crystals in microgravity. The c...

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 8 December 2020 - Unpacking the Dragon Status Report - Source: SpaceRef The upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle approaches the International Space Station. Six spaceships, three U.S. and three Russian, are parked at the International Space Station after Monday's arrival of the upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle. The Expedition 64 crew will spend the rest of December focusing on science as 2021 shapes up to be a busy year on the orbital lab. Two Dragon spaceships, one cargo craft and one crew ship, are docked to the station's Harmony module f...