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Microgravity: living on the International Space Station
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Tom Wilks and Helen Fraser. It was first published in October 2018.

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Course Image: ©NASA https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc/ 2.0/

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Figure 2: taken from: https://seekingalpha.com/article/3978952-health-care-dividend-aristocrat-will-profit-old-age-globally; Source: The Wisdom Years

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Figure 4: ©NASA

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Figure 6: ©NASA

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Figure 8: ©NASA

Figure 9: Activity 7; ©TemplateHaven.com

Figure 10: Activity 7; ©NASA

Figure 11: taken from: European Heart Journal, Volume 27, Issue 20, 2 October 2006, Pages 2387–2393,

Figure 12: ©Lia Barret

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Figure 14: courtesy of T.R. Wilks

Video 2: ©Canadian Space Agency

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