{"id":102945,"date":"2020-02-27T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T18:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/dragon-launch-set-for-march-6-station-bone-research-benefits-earth"},"modified":"2020-02-27T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T18:25:32","slug":"dragon-launch-set-for-march-6-station-bone-research-benefits-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/dragon-launch-set-for-march-6-station-bone-research-benefits-earth","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Launch Set for March 6, Station Bone Research Benefits Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/dragon-launch-set-for-march-6-station-bone-research-benefits-earth.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacex\/2020\/02\/25\/spacex-crs-20-launch-targeted-for-march-6\/\">March 6<\/a> for the launch of its 20<sup>th<\/sup> contracted cargo mission to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a>. Its Dragon resupply ship will arrive March 9 with over 5,600 pounds of science hardware, research samples and supplies to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/expeditions\/expedition62\/index.html\">Expedition 62<\/a> crew.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NASA Flight Engineers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\">Jessica Meir<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\">Andrew Morgan<\/a> are tending to a new experiment, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2020\/02\/18\/cygnus-cargo-craft-attached-to-station-for-three-month-stay\/\">delivered early last week<\/a> aboard Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus cargo craft. The astronauts are exploring the differences between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=1149\">bone cells<\/a> exposed to microgravity versus samples magnetically levitated on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors will use the comparisons to gain a deeper understanding of bone diseases. Space-caused bone loss is similar to the symptoms of Earth-bound conditions such as osteoporosis. Astronauts exercise daily keeping track of their diet to counteract the effects of microgravity and maintain healthy bones and muscles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX has announced March 6 for the launch of its 20th contracted cargo mission to the International Space Station. Its Dragon resupply ship will arrive March 9 with over 5,600 pounds of science hardware, research samples and supplies to the Expedition 62 crew. Meanwhile, NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan are tending to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}