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Aug 7, 2024

Northrop Grumman spacecraft hitches ride on SpaceX rocket for NASA resupply mission

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space travel

The Cygnus spacecraft is filled with nearly 8,200 pounds of supplies, hardware and other critical materials for dozens of scientific and research experiments, according to NASA.

That includes tests for water recovery technology and supplies needed for a process to produce blood and immune stem cells in microgravity. Also included in the payload are materials to study the effects of spaceflight on engineered liver tissue and microorganism DNA, NASA said.

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