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Polaris Dawn will bring new fields of research and medicine

This week’s Polaris Dawn launch and civilian spacewalks offer new opportunities for space medical research, said Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta of the University of California, San Francisco. Photo by Polaris Program/John Krauss. The Polaris Dawn launch from Kennedy Space Center will include the first private commercial spacewalk and other firsts in space medical research, which is why Emmanuel Urquieta, an internationally…