Courage + Khazaka Devices on their second “Space Mission”
The C+K devices Corneometer®, Tewameter® and Visioscan® have been installed for the second time at the International Space Station (ISS) for the experiment SKIN B...
The C+K devices Corneometer®, Tewameter® and Visioscan® have been installed for the second time at the International Space Station (ISS) for the experiment SKIN B. The measurements have started in June and are performed by the ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, who went up with the Soyuz rocket on May 29th 2013. Skin elasticity was examined with the C+K Cutometer® before the flight and will be measured again when Parmitano will return to earth.
It is the follow-up study of the 2006 SKIN CARE mission where the C+K devices have already been used on the ISS. This study could show among other findings that during a six months exposure in space, skin aging is accelerated compared to the aging process on the earth (fortunately reversible: after one year skin was almost back to normal). Should this exciting knowledge be confirmed, in the future, interesting skin aging studies in time lapse could be performed in the laboratory of the ISS.
The project SKIN B is sponsored (FKZ: 50WP1106) by the space agency DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.) and the devices have been qualified for the use in space by Kayser-Threde GmbH. The experiments have been trained and developed by Dermatronnier Institute for Experimental Dermatology at University Witten.
