Musculoskeletal center's new leader 'ready to launch' innovative science for better patient care
Melissa Kacena, PhD, is the new director for a team of more than 100 bone and muscle scientists at the Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health. She aims to bring researchers' discoveries to market to help patients with bone, muscle and cartilage disorders.
Crew Procedures
Written by Melissa Kacena The second and fourth scheduled procedures were on Tuesday, July 30 and Saturday, August 3, when astronaut Tyler Nicklaus “Nick” Hague
From My Eyes: Seungyup Sun
Written by Seungyup Sun On July 25, the payload from the Cell Science-02 Investigation launched into space on SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, thus concluding our work
Extra, extra! Space mission front-page news
Our lab’s launch found itself above the fold this week, with an in-depth feature article published on the front page of the “Indianapolis Star.” Reporter
From My Eyes: Alex Brinker
Written by Alex Brinker Participating in the research at NASA is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; however, I was fortunate to go twice. After our first mission,
Ground control activities
Written by Melissa Kacena Our Earth-based control studies are delayed by two hours so that we can mimic everything done in spaceflight. We even incorporate
Command Center Activities
Written by Melissa Kacena There are numerous command centers at each NASA facility. The command center at Kennedy Space Center we are using is a
Transfer of our payload to the space station
Written by Melissa Kacena Our study has four scheduled activities which require astronaut time. The first occurred at the end of the astronaut “work day”
The hard work has just begun
Written by Melissa Kacena What has happened since the launch on July 25? Here is the answer: a lot! Immediately after the launch, our team
To the best team: thank you
Written by Melissa Kacena With a successful launch on July 25, I want to take a moment to recap our hard work and to thank
Launch recap
Written by Melissa Kacena As the rains diminished and skies began to clear on Thursday afternoon, the team’s spirit began to rise. By 4 pm,