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Astronauts headed to the International Space Station can sign up for a broad suite of experiments that will help scientists pinpoint how the human body reacts to long-duration missions in space. The research will help NASA prepare astronauts for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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Learn about the 14 CIPHER studies examining how multiple systems in the body react to increasingly longer spaceflight missions.
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