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Three astronauts work on a variety of tasks. Clockwise from left, NASA astronaut Hoburg, wearing a green t-shirt, looks at the camera and smiles while is holding a bar on the wall as he floats. Rubio is looking at his hands, which are inside the Life Science Glovebox. Sultan Alneyadi from UAE (United Arab Emirates) is smiling up at the camera.

StemCellEX-H Pathfinder

iss069e061564 (Aug. 17, 2023) --- Expedition 69 astronauts work on a variety of tasks inside the space station’s Kibo laboratory module. NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio works on the StemCellEX-H Pathfinder experiment, which tests methods for producing human stem cells in space. Producing these cells in microgravity could provide higher yields that are more suitable for medical purposes.

Image Credit: NASA
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