With Mock Space Capsule, Researchers Partner with NASA to Study Astronaut Fitness -- Photo 1 (IMAGE)

Kansas State University

With Mock Space Capsule, Researchers Partner with NASA to Study Astronaut Fitness -- Photo 1

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A Kansas State University kinesiology research team is using a built-to-scale model of the Orion spacecraft to study astronaut fitness. The team includes from left: Jacob Caldwell, doctoral candidate in kinesiology; Hunter Post, master's student in kinesiology; Garret Lovoy, senior in nutrition and kinesiology; Andrew Alexander, master's student in kinesiology; Shelbi Sutterfield, master's student in kinesiology; Shane Hammer, doctoral student in kinesiology; Carl Ade, assistant professor of exercise physiology; and Thomas Barstow, professor of exercise physiology.

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