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On the right, Epps, wearing a dark blue t-shirt, a headlamp, and a headset, smiles at the camera. Her arms are in the plastic sleeves of a portable glovebag the size of a large suitcase. On the left, a cylindrical glass flask holds a red liquid. In the bottom of it sits a palm-sized white cellular structure under a spotlight.

Jeanette Epps works on the BioFabrication Facility-Cardiac Investigation

iss071e000901 (April 6, 2024) and jsc2024e038395 (June 5, 2024) NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps works on BFF-Cardiac, an investigation that used the BioFabrication Facility (BFF) to 3D bioprint and process cardiac tissue, shown on the right. Bioprinting in microgravity produces higher-quality tissues than those printed on the ground, and this investigation is a step toward 3D printing of organs for transplants on Earth.

Image Credit: NASA (right), Redwire (left)
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