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  • U of I research to boost astronaut fitness on NASA’s mission to Mars

    Dec 13, 2022 11:30 am by Jenna KurtzweilResearch
    chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Hyun Joon Kong, kinesiology and community health professors Nicholas Burd and Marni Boppart, psychology professor Justin Rhodes, and chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler are gathered at the Freer Hall physical testing site at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo credit: Fred Zwicky.

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    • chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Hyun Joon Kong, kinesiology and community health professors Nicholas Burd and Marni Boppart, psychology professor Justin Rhodes, and chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler are gathered at the Freer Hall physical testing site at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo credit: Fred Zwicky.

    Beckman Institute researchers will explore the regenerative power of cells in space. Their research will help protect human health aboard Orion, the spacecraft destined to ferry astronauts from the Earth to the moon and Mars.