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Twin Peeks: Astronaut Brothers To Go Under Microscope During One-Year Mission
Identical twin astronauts, one headed to space for a year and the other happily at home. Imagine just how excited health researchers are by the prospect of this situation which yes, is happening for real. Scott Kelly is preparing to blast off on a lengthy mission to the International Space Station in 2015 while his retired twin, Mark, will serve as a control.
The 50-year-old men will do a suite of experiments before, during and after the mission to see how much (if at all) Scott’s body changes from his brother in the long term. This ranges from examining their DNA, to their vision, and even changes in the gut.
“These will not be 10 individual studies,” stated Craig Kundrot of NASA’s human research program at the Johnson Space Center. ”The real power comes in combining them to form an integrated picture of all levels from biomolecular to psychological. We’ll be studying the entire astronaut.”
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Post tags: Expedition 26, expedition 43, expedition 44, expedition 45, expedition 46, mark kelly, mikhail kornienko, one-year mission, Scott Kelly, STS-134
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/111154/twin-peeks-astronaut-brothers-to-go-under-microscope-during-one-year-mission/
