ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Mayo Clinic research heart project will be carried on the Axiom mission to the Space Station. Lift-off is planned Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Andre Terzic, director of Mayo’s regenerative medicine unit, said the experiment aims to expand knowledge of heart health during space travel. “The potential is to support expansion of human reach in space now that space becomes increasingly accessible,” Terzic said. “But also there is always the possibility the information we gather in space will also help us to better understand our own hearts here on Earth.”
Terzic. Mayo heart researcher.