NASA astronaut Megan McArthur (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

NASA astronaut Megan McArthur

Caption

The second CCP mission, which launched on April 21, 2021 and splashed down Nov. 8, 2021, included NASA astronaut Megan McArthur. In this image, she works on Cardinal Muscle, an investigation testing whether engineered tissues cultured in space could provide a model for studying muscle loss and assessing possible treatments prior to clinical trials.

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NASA

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