Space Stations

Offworld Life Science: Research Hardware For A Biotechnology Investigation

By Keith Cowing

Status Report

NASA

April 22, 2026

Filed under ISS, ISS Portable Glovebag, Jessica Meir, microbiology, Microgravity, Multi-use Variable-g Platform, space life science

Offworld Life Science: Research Hardware For A Biotechnology Investigation — NASA ID: iss074e0490661 iss074e0490661 (April 16, 2026) Credit: ESA/Sophie Adenot https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss074e0490661

NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Jessica Meir configures research hardware inside a portable glovebag for a biotechnology investigation exploring how bacteria affect heart tissue in the microgravity environment.

Results from the MVP (Multi-use Variable-g Platform) Cell-09 experiment could lead to advanced methods for preventing or treating heart damage in humans living on and off the Earth.

Astrobiology,

Keith Cowing

Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member 🖖🏻

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