iss052e062035 (8/9/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is photographed performing Cardiac Myocytes investigation operations. The Conversion of Adipogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Mature Cardiac Myocytes (Cardiac Myocytes) investigation uses the microgravity environment of space to examine how stem cells differentiate into specialized heart cells (cardiac myocytes).
Photographer Jack Fischer
Date August 19, 2017