{"id":230875,"date":"2025-06-07T01:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=874214"},"modified":"2025-06-07T01:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:19:53","slug":"nasa-provides-hardware-for-space-station-dna-repair-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=230875","title":{"rendered":"NASA Provides Hardware for Space Station DNA Repair Experiment\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Vented Fly Box (VFB) holds and safely transports vials containing flies and fly food.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg 6048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/acd15-0177-013_v2.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Vented Fly Box holds and safely transports vials containing flies and fly food. It includes environmental sensors that monitor temperature and relative humidity.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Dominic Hart<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When it comes to helping NASA scientists better understand the effects of space travel on the human body, fruit flies are the heavyweights of experiments in weightlessness. Because humans and fruit flies share a lot of similar genetic code, they squeeze a lot of scientific value into a conveniently small, light package.&nbsp;<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through a new Space Act Agreement between NASA and Axiom Space, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/space-biosciences\/fruit-fly-lab\/\">Vented Fly Box<\/a>\u00a0will enable fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) to launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These tiny crew members will join the Axiom Mission 4 crew for scientific investigations on the International Space Station. The goal is to advance research into how spaceflight\u00a0impacts DNA repair, a key factor in astronaut health on long-term space missions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For decades, NASA has iterated and improved these&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fruitflyfs_20oct17-as_posted.pdf?emrc=ea7030\">specialized habitats<\/a>&nbsp;to safely house generations of fruit flies for their trips to and from space. As the go-to organism for many of its studies, NASA gained unique knowledge and carefully finessed the steps astronauts take to perform the most&nbsp;efficient and rewarding life science experiments in space.<\/p>\n<p>The study is supported by NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California\u2019s Silicon Valley and Axiom Space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to helping NASA scientists better understand the effects of space travel on the human body, fruit flies are the heavyweights of experiments in weightlessness. 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