Expedition 61 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Christina Koch services the BioFabrication Facility (BFF). The BFF is a 3-D biological printer that manufactures organ-like tissues in microgravity and could become a part of a larger system capable of manufacturing whole, fully-functioning human organs from existing patient cells.
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Expedition 61 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Christina Koch services the BioFabrication Facility (BFF). The BFF is a 3-D biological printer that manufactures organ-like tissues in microgravity and could become a part of a larger system capable of manufacturing whole, fully-functioning human organs from existing patient cells.