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Report on the space experiment and its preparations

Last updated: January 30, 2013

Pictures of ground research and preparations for the space experiment were posted. Dr. Eguchi-Kasai of National Institute of Radiological Sciences of Japan, and Dr. Cucinotta of University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Dr. Hada of NASA have also joined this research.

The Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) onboard ISS and a MELFI Box, Cryotubes for cell cryopreservation, and a Stem Cells sample case.

Irradiation experiment at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), USA (Associate Professor Yoshida).


Ground experiment with the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences. (Left picture) A heavy-particle beam is irradiated from the background (from the center of the circle on the right) to the foreground of the picture. Cryopreserved ES cells and dry ice are in styrofoam boxes. (Right picture) A heavy-particle beam is irradiated from the background (from the center of the circle on the right) to the foreground of the picture.

Dr. Cucinotta’s group at NASA and Professor Morita in the vicinity of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in 2011.

Associate Professor Yoshida flanked by Dr. Hada (left) and Dr. Wang (right) at an office in the JSC.

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