Astronaut Karen Nyberg, a flight engineer of the International Space Station Expedition 36 and 37 crew, is launching to space May 28, 2013. In this brief message, Karen shares some of the benefits of ISS research and how science and experiments being conducted in space help life on Earth. Research and development in the areas of medicine, Earth observation imagery and materials sciences not only help advance space exploration, but also help our day-to-day lives on our home planet.
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