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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for their fifth official Commercial Resupply mission to the orbiting lab on Saturday, January 10 at 4:47am EST.
Mission: SpaceX CRS-6
Launch date: Saturday, April 14, 2015 at 4:10 p.m. EDT
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
The fifth series of payloads launching onboard SpaceX CRS-6 includes a range of experiments sponsored by the ISS National Lab from the commercial and academic communities.
Research payloads onboard include: OSTEO-4 by NIH, Protein Crystal Growth (PCG-3) by Merk, Rodent Research-2 by Novartis.
The mission patch developed by actor, creator, and producer Seth Green, represents all payloads intended for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory in calendar year 2015.
Dr. Reichert discusses the importance of crystallizing monoclonal antibodies in microgravity, toward therapeutic applications.
Dr. Lenore Rasmussen's work with the concept of lifelike prosthetics led her to a somewhat surprising testing platform: the ISS National Lab, onboard which she can study materials science in ways not possible on Earth.
Rodents provide critical insight into not only the effects of spaceflight that impact astronaut health but also effects that mimic human disease on Earth.
These space-based research could one day translate into significant improvements in quality of life for patients with cancer and autoimmune disorders.
