Materials for Canadian science heading to the International Space Station
Credit: NASA
Update: Crew-11 is now planned to launch on .
NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission is scheduled to launch tomorrow, , from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The capsule is expected to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) on .
The crew for this mission consists of NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, serving as Crew-11 commander; NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yuiand, mission specialist; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, mission specialist.
Smart shirts and headbands for Canada's Bio-Monitor, developed by Montreal-based Carré Technologies, will be travelling with the crew. This technology will continue to assist with health data collection for three ongoing Canadian experiments.
- The Space Health study uses Bio-Monitor data, analyzed by an AI computing platform, to determine how space flight affects astronauts' cardiovascular systems.
- Vascular Calcium seeks to determine if one year in space increases the arterial stiffness and insulin resistance observed in six-month space flights (as part of NASA's CIPHER program).
- The CARDIOBREATH study tracks changes in how astronauts' cardiovascular and respiratory systems control their blood pressure, with the goal of keeping crews healthier in space and upon return.
Health challenges experienced during long-duration space flight are similar to conditions on Earth, but happen at an accelerated pace in microgravity. Studying health data from astronauts not only helps them live longer and healthier in space, but it can also have meaningful impacts for people on Earth.