
Dr. Valeria Lucci, with the department of biology at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, prepares the Reducing Arthritis Dependent Inflammation First Phase (READI FP) experiment inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. READI FP, which evaluates how microgravity and space radiation affect the generation of bone tissue, will fly aboard SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft on the company’s 23rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for Saturday, Aug. 28, at 3:37 a.m. EDT, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
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