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Virts preps MSG for Micro-5 experiment

Terry Virts2014-12-16

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

iss042e046523 (12/16/14) --- Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA is seen here on 16 December 2014 setting up the station’s Microgravity Science Glovebox for the upcoming Micro-5 experiment. Micro-5 will use roundworms as a model organism with the microbe Salmonella typhimurium, which causes food poisoning in humans, to better understand the risks of in-flight infections in space explorers.

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  • Title: Virts preps MSG for Micro-5 experiment
  • Creator: Terry Virts
  • Date Created: 2014-12-16
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: mgwhite
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