19 Jul 2019 --- As the pioneering space race hurtles forward, a NASA-funded study conducted by Harvard researchers is proposing supplementing astronauts with a nutritional compound commonly found in grape skin and blueberries, resveratrol, as a means of preserving muscle mass and strength. Published in Frontiers in Physiology, their study shows that resveratrol substantially preserves both muscular attributes in rats exposed to the wasting effects of simulated Mars gravity.