The Governors of the University of Calgary
$70,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Canadian Space Agency
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2021-2022
- Agreement period
- March 29, 2022 – March 31, 2023
- Reference
- csa-asc:003-2021-2022-Q4-00072
Published purpose
Astronauts lose bone mass rapidly while in space. Some bone may recover after returning to Earth, but bone structure may be permanently changed. The ends of long bones are made of porous bone connected by thin rods and plates called trabeculae. When bone is lost, trabeculae thin and separate from one another, reducing the strength of the bone. With advances in high-resolution bone imaging, we can now measure bone on a scale finer than a human hair and assess changes in individual trabeculae. This study will discover how individual trabeculae change in response to microgravity and whether these structures recover after returning to Earth.
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