University of Waterloo

$1,382,382.00 CAD

≈ 18 Canadians' average pay for a year

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2017-2018
Agreement period: August 8, 2017 – December 31, 2024
Reference: csa-asc:003-2017-2018-Q3-03582

Published purpose

Vascular Aging Building on previous work (Vascular, Vascular Echo), this experiment will study the roles of weightlessness, nutrition, physical activity and radiation on the cardiovascular system and the onset of insulin resistance on orbit. The study will contribute to the development of countermeasures to maintain astronaut health during long space flights and will help improve health and quality of life here on earth.

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