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WHY ARE WE SENDING
A 3D BIOPRINTER,

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OVARIAN CELLS,

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AND SEEDS TO THE
SPACE STATION?

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DOZENS OF NEW EXPERIMENTS WILL SOON
ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY AND
FUTURE MISSIONS TO SPACE

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LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S ON BOARD
NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S 18TH CARGO MISSION

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The BioFabrication Facility
will return to space

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and in future missions will attempt to 3D print
knee cartilage tissue using bioinks and cells.

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Researchers will examine a
slurry of air, water, and sand

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in microgravity to better understand the
properties of dangerous mudflows.

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Seeds produced by space-grown plants will be
returned to Earth, processed, and flown back to space.

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Researchers will study if this gives an 
adaptive advantage to the next generation.

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CubeSats developed by students from
Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Japan

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will acquire Earth data that can be
applied by their home countries.

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Scientists will study ovarian cells in
microgravity to improve fertility treatments

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on Earth and prepare for
human settlement in space.

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THESE EXPERIMENTS WILL JOIN THE
HUNDREDS OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS

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ABOARD THE
ORBITING LABORATORY.