NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins wears Spacesuit Painted by Kids With Cancer to raise awareness about benefits of pairing Art with Medicine

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins wears Spacesuit Painted by Kids With Cancer to raise awareness about benefits of pairing Art with Medicine

ome childhood cancer patients will chat Friday with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station wearing a hand-painted spacesuit they helped decorate.

NASA says astronaut Kate Rubins will wear the suit, dubbed "Courage," during a 20-minute chat Friday afternoon with patients from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

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Kate Rubins while Working in her lab. Wikimedia

Rubins has a degree in cancer biology. NASA says she will answer questions from the patients.

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Three hand-painted suits have been created through the project that NASA says is designed "to raise awareness about the benefits of pairing art with medicine." (VOA)

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