Updates on Rodent Research in Space Station.
The Rodent Research 5 mission, a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX, aims to study bone loss under microgravity conditions and determine if a novel treatment can reduce or prevent bone loss that would normally happen in a microgravity environment. The study found that changes to the microbiome of humans and rodents during space flight may influence bone remodeling, and the data create new avenues for exploration. Results from this experiment can help provide insight into diseases, disorders, and injuries associated with bone loss in spaceflight environments as well as on Earth, and can improve the current standard of care for osteoporosis disease and the prevention of osteoporotic fractures.