NASA performs innovative 'AVATAR' experiment: What's the goal?
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NASA recently sent "organ chips" of the Artemis II crew into space.
The innovative experiment, dubbed AVATAR (A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response), involves four USB-sized "avatars" that were stowed in a small triangular container on the Orion capsule before launch.
These avatars are made from bone marrow tissue derived from cells donated by the astronauts themselves - NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
The innovative experiment, dubbed AVATAR (A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response), involves four USB-sized "avatars" that were stowed in a small triangular container on the Orion capsule before launch.
These avatars are made from bone marrow tissue derived from cells donated by the astronauts themselves - NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
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