Fig. 4
From: Skeletal adaptations in young male mice after 4 weeks aboard the International Space Station
Experimental timeline. Launch timeline depicting the major events leading up to launch, launch, and concluding with mice euthanasia. Mice arrived to the Kennedy Space Center 2 weeks before launch to acclimate to spaceflight hardware. Four days before launch, surgeries or sham surgeries were performed. Two days before launch, the mice were loaded into spaceflight hardware (Transporters) and loaded onto the SpaceX Dragon Capsule. Launch occurred on February 19, 2017 at 14:39:00 UTC. Immediately after launch, baseline mice were euthanized. One day after launch asynchronous ground controls underwent surgery. Five days post launch, the mice were moved from the Transporter hardware into Habitats where they would remain for just under a month (ground control timeline duration was identical but was shifted to the right 5 days). Mice were euthanized between L + 24 and L + 28 days. Only the skeletal phenotypes from the sham surgery group are reported in this study
