With space station link, BioServe adapts to an evolving research role
From the Denver Post -
Well before dawn, a wall-mounted video monitor flickers to life in a narrow, windowless room on the second floor of the University of Colorado’s Engineering Center, revealing a live, high-def image of astronaut Kate Rubins floating through the International Space Station.
With a video camera peering over her shoulder, she begins work on an experiment charting the effects of microgravity on heart cells — a study that could help shed new light on the challenges of human space travel. In the office cubbyhole more than 200 miles below, a team of six CU staffers and students working for , a center within the school’s Aerospace Engineering Sciences department, monitors each exacting step.
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