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SkinCare (SkinCare)
03.22.12

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Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Erasmus Experiment Archive.
Brief Summary

Astronauts experience changes in their skin during spaceflight. SkinCare is designed to examine these changes and use the data collected to create a model for skin aging. This model can be used to create countermeasures to protect skin on Earth and in space.

Principal Investigator

  • Michael Massow, Ph.D., ISS Lab Ruhe GmbH, Dortmund, , Germany

    • Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

    Information Pending

    Payload Developer

    ISS Lab Ruhr GmbH, Dortmund, , Germany

    Sponsoring Space Agency

    European Space Agency (ESA)

    Sponsoring Organization:

    Information Pending

    ISS Expedition Duration:

    April 2006 - April 2007



    Expeditions Assigned

    13, 14

    Previous ISS Missions

    Expedition 13 will be the first Increment for SkinCare.

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    Experiment/Payload Description

    Research Summary

    • Changes in skin occur gradually on Earth but are accelerated while living in microgravity. Protecting the skin is an important part of personal hygiene.


    • The changes in the skin will be monitored periodically throughout the mission.


    • Creating a model of the aging that skin experiences will lead to products that will help to counteract the effects of aging.

    Description

    SkinCare is a human physiology experiment, which aims at characterizing different parameters of human skin (i.e. hydration grade, transepidermal water loss, skin surface video imaging) in weightlessness and inside the International Space Station. Long-duration missions in microgravity affect skin by causing excessive dryness, increased cell loss and increased aging. Investigators will test the applicability of the space environment as a model of aging skin. Noninvasive medical equipment will be used in flight to support the experiment.

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    Applications

    Space Applications

    Information Pending

    Earth Applications

    Information Pending

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    Operations

    Operational Requirements

    Information Pending

    Operational Protocols

    Information Pending

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    Results/More Information

    Information Pending

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    Related Web Sites
  • The information provided is courtesy of the ESA Astrolab Mission web page.
  • Astrolab Newsletter

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    Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    ISS Patent Publications

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    Related Publications

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    Images

    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
    If updates are needed to the summary please contact JSC-ISS-Program-Science-Group. For other general questions regarding space station research and technology, please feel free to call our help line at 281-244-6187 or e-mail at JSC-ISS-Payloads-Helpline.
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