Rodent Research Facility

NASA’s Rodent Habitat module with both access doors open.
Credits: NASA/Dominic Hart

jsc2020e008565 (12/27/2013) --- NASA’s Rodent Habitat module with both access doors open. The Rodent Research Facility provides rodent housing on board the International Space Station (ISS). Animal research is essential for understanding the impacts of spaceflight on the systems of the human body, and for development of potential therapies that will ease harmful responses to space flight. Credits: NASA/Dominic Hart