Today, PCA SKIN®, a Colgate-Palmolive Company brand, announced plans to send the first-ever private sector skin health experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment, sponsored by the ISS National Lab, will explore the effects of microgravity on skin-related genes as the biomarkers used to evaluate overall skin health in an effort to guide future product innovations and technologies.

The experiment will travel to the ISS aboard Northrop Grumman’s 17^th commercial resupply services mission, contracted by NASA, in its Cygnus spacecraft no earlier than February 19, 2022 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

“We know from historical data that space travel and lengthy exposure to microgravity have profound effects on the skin. Astronauts in space experience thinning, dry skin that is susceptible to cuts. While these changes are comparable to those observed during the normal aging process on Earth, it appears that they are accelerated in microgravity,”

said Lia Arvanitidou, Global Technology and Design Vice President for Colgate-Palmolive’s skin health businesses.

“Through this exciting endeavor, we’ll be able to gather new data on the skin health biomarkers behind those changes – data which will be available faster than it would be on Earth,”

said Arvanitidou.

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By PCA SKIN – Feb 15, 2022