Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins conducts research operations inside a portable glovebag.
iss064e015134 (Dec. 28, 2020) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins conducts research operations inside a portable glovebag for the HemoCue experiment that seeks to verify an autonomous medical capability for blood analysis in microgravity. Accurate blood analysis can be used to diagnose illness, monitor conditions such as bacterial and viral infections or radiation exposure, track response to treatment, and assess the severity of an illness during space flight.