Astronauts Visit Lab, Patients at Clinical Center

NASA astronaut Dr. Michael Barratt, a member of Expedition 71, visited the NIH Clinical Center’s Rehabilitation Medicine Department. 

While visiting the Neurorehabilitation and Biomechanics (NAB) Research Lab, he tested an exoskeleton intended for assistance and exercise applications. The exoskeleton was originally designed for children with cerebral palsy by NAB researchers. 

After this visit, Barratt joined fellow NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore, Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps to meet with pediatric patients at the Clinical Center Pediatric Unit and at The Children’s Inn.