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:envihab (from the words ‘Environment’ and ‘Habitat’) is a state of the art research facility operated by the Institute for Aerospace Medicine at the German Space Agency (DLR). NASA researchers use the facility to study how continuous and intermittent centrifugation (or spinning) could help counter the physiological effects of microgravity.

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Cologne, Germany

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Bed Rest Study

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Gravity

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Up to 70 Days
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One Small Step … Without Ever Leaving Bed

Heather Archuletta has taken “one small step” to support NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach – only, she never got…

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One Small Step … Without Ever Leaving Bed
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Heather Archuletta has taken “one small step” to support NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach – only, she never got…

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Lying in Bed for the Sake of Science: NASA Co-Sponsors Bed Rest Study in Germany
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Twelve volunteers will arrive this week at the German Space Agency’s (DLR) Institute of Aerospace Medicine’s :envihab facility to lie in…

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