Cancer Survivor Aids NASA Astronauts Losing Vision
A former cancer patient who has a chemotherapy port still in his skull is working with NASA to help scientists determine why some astronauts on long missions lose their vision. Full Story
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Madlin Mekelburg was a reporting fellow for the Tribune in 2015 and 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied journalism and French. Madlin previously worked at the Houston Chronicle as both a metro intern in Houston and as an intern in their Austin bureau covering the Texas Legislature.
A former cancer patient who has a chemotherapy port still in his skull is working with NASA to help scientists determine why some astronauts on long missions lose their vision. Full Story
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