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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

By Hope Reese September 2, 2016, 9:37 AM PDT

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

The team prepares

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The team prepares

A small Kentucky startup just installed an autonomous space laboratory at the International Space Station. The lab, which allows up to 21 individual experiments to run at once, can be used to look at the effects of Micro-gravity on things like cancer and biological functions–a field dubbed “exomedicine.”

Here’s Space Tango’s engineering team, prepping for TangoLab-1 installation on August 1, 2016.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

Space tango's team

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Space tango's team

The Space Tango engineers prepare from their headquarters in Lexington, KY.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

Astronaut Jeff Williams

Space Tango

Astronaut Jeff Williams

Astronaut Jeff Williams installs TangoLab-1 on the International Space Station on August 1, 2016.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

Final TangoLab-1

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Final TangoLab-1

The finished TangoLab-1 equipment, right before delivery to NASA.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

More of TangoLab-1

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More of TangoLab-1

The TangoLab-1 facility, with backup.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

Preparing the astronaut for duty

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Preparing the astronaut for duty

Twyman Clements, co-founder of Space Tango, prepares to speak with astronaut Jeff William before the TangoLab-1 installation on August 1, 2016.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

Early model

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Early model

The first prototype of the TangoLab-1, developed a few years ago.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

Another prototype

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Another prototype

An early prototype of TangoLab-1.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

...And another early prototype

Space Tango

...And another early prototype

Another photo of an early prototype of TangoLab-1.

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Photos: Space Tango’s autonomous lab at the International Space Station

TangoLab-1 after installation

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TangoLab-1 after installation

A photo taken by astronaut Jeff Williams after the installation on orbit on August 1, 2016.

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