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\nESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti running experiments in weightlessness during her Futura mission for scientists from all over the world. The International Space Station offers three state-of-the-art laboratories where research can be done without gravity. The European Columbus laboratory, the Japanese Kibo and the American Destiny module offer facilities for physics, biology, geophysics and medicine.\n<\/p>\n
\nSamantha\u2019s 40-hour work week is devoted to science and maintaining the weightless research centre. This video gives a fast-track impression of some of the experiments she worked on. In quick succession we see Samantha working on: exercise machine ARED, measuring her body mass, the robotic droids SPHERES, ESA\u2019s microgravity glovebox, muscle-measurement machine MARES, centrifuge-incubator Kubik, Biolab, Materials Science Laboratory and ejecting miniature satellites called Cubesats into space.\n<\/p>\n
\nRead more about her science on the Futura website: http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Human_Spaceflight\/Futura\/Space_Station_Science<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nFollow Samantha via http:\/\/samanthacristoforetti.esa.int\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti running experiments in weightlessness during her Futura mission for scientists from all over the world. The International Space Station offers three state-of-the-art laboratories where research can be done without gravity. The European Columbus laboratory, the Japanese Kibo and the American Destiny module offer facilities for physics, biology, geophysics and medicine.\n<\/p>\n \nSamantha\u2019s 40-hour work week is devoted to science and maintaining the weightless research centre. This video gives a fast-track impression of some of the experiments she worked on. In quick succession we see Samantha working on: exercise machine ARED, measuring her body mass, the robotic droids SPHERES, ESA\u2019s microgravity glovebox, muscle-measurement machine MARES, centrifuge-incubator Kubik, Biolab, Materials Science Laboratory and ejecting miniature satellites called Cubesats into space.\n<\/p>\n \nRead more about her science on the Futura website: http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Human_Spaceflight\/Futura\/Space_Station_Science<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n