While we were stockpiling, here’s what astronauts were up to in space last week
CNN — For astronauts living on the International Space Station, their life is a type of quarantine. #EarthStrong pic.twitter.com/lGgKHLUB0p — Jessica Meir March 16, 2020 But the astronauts aren’t just floating around and taking cool pictures of Earth. Last week, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan, as well as Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, tested out the Russian Chibis hardware, also known as the Russian Space Agency’s Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. #Wear62Friday pic.twitter.com/R5NQobtvGc — Jessica Meir March 20, 2020 The astronauts also tested their hearing as part of the European Space Agency’s Acoustic Diagnostics experiment to monitor if the astronauts’ hearing changes in response to noise and lack of gravity on the station. The astronauts have also been studying bone samples to understand and develop bone treatments for astronauts who suffer bone loss in space, as well as people diagnosed with osteoporosis on Earth.
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