
iss056e014352 (June 18, 2018) --- Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) is in quasi-free-floating configuration for the GRASP study taking place inside Europe's Columbus laboratory module. The ESA-sponsored research is studying how the body adapts to the microgravity environment. GRASP uses virtual reality headsets as a way to understand how important gravity is, compared to the other senses, when reaching for an object.
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