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Will Expired Medicine Derail Future Mars Missions?


Medications commonly used by astronauts aboard the International Space Station might be ineffective or harmful on a multi-year mission to Mars. A Duke Health study suggests more than half of space-stored medications could expire during a three-year Mars mission. The study highlights the importanc

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