In this installment of NASA Now, meet associate International Space Station program scientist Tara Ruttley, who talks about the complexity of conducting research on this one-of-a-kind orbiting science lab. In addition to the challenges of research in microgravity, Ruttley discusses many of the benefits gained by these experiments in helping to sustain life in space as well as enhance life on Earth. The program focus is on biology and biotechnology experiments being conducted on Expedition 26.
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