Table 1 JAXA space missions related to musculoskeletal research.

From: Findings from recent studies by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency examining musculoskeletal atrophy in space and on Earth

Year

Transportation

Subject

Research target

Publications

1998

Space shuttle Columbia (STS-90)

Rats

Muscle

Ikemoto M. et al.12, Nikawa T. et al.24

2010

Space shuttle Discovery (STS-131), ISS

Rat cells (myotubes)

Muscle

Uchida T. et al.22

2004

Soyuz TMA-4, ISS

C. elegans

Muscle

Higashibata A. et al.33,34, Selch F. et al.35

2009

Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129), ISS

C. elegans

Muscle

Etheridge T. et al.36, Higashibata A. et al.37, Harada et al.38

1994

Space shuttle Columbia (STS-65)

Medaka

Ontogeny

Ijiri K. et al.41

2012

Soyuz TMA-06M, ISS

Medaka

Bone

Chatani M. et al.42

2014

Soyuz-U, Progress M-22M (54P), ISS

Medaka

Bone

Chatani M. et al.43

2010

Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-132), ISS

Goldfish scales

Scales

Ikegame M. et al.47

2014

Soyuz TMA-14M, ISS

Zebrafish

Muscle

Sato F. et al., in preparation

2018

SpaceX Falcon 9, ISS

Zebrafish

Muscle

Sato F. et al., in preparation

2016

SpaceX Falcon 9, Dragon, ISS

Mice

Bone, muscle

Shiba D. et al.18

2017

SpaceX Falcon 9, Dragon, ISS

Mice

Bone

Tominari T. et al.52

–*

ISS

Humans

Bone, bisphosphonate

Leblanc A. et al.100

Sibonga J. et al.101

  1. *Ethical considerations.