Antares NG-17 with rHEALTH ONE onboard sent to space station
Channel: rHEALTH Media
Date: 2022-02-20

Successful Antares NG-17 launch off Wallops Island, VA carrying the rHEALTH ONE to space.  The rHEALTH ONE is a universal biomedical analyzer which can analyze a diversity of biomedical analytes from a small drop (8 microliters) of blood, urine, swabs, or other biological fluids.  The capabilities of the rHEALTH technology spans a breadth of assay classes, including cell counts, chemistry, small molecules, biomarkers, and nucleic acids.  In space, lack of medical assistance, confined environments and real-time communications can exacerbate the challenges in responding to medical emergencies.  There is a real and pressing need to obtain medical and research diagnostic information quickly and easily for long-duration space travel.  NASA’s aim for the technology is to further advance its readiness by showing operation in a real space-environment and provide real terrestrial benefits for all of us.