After careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Tree’ seedlings that flew around the Moon on the agency’s Artemis I […]
Artemis & Lunar Exploration
Posted inAnalog Studies, Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astronauts and Explorers, Away Teams & Field Reports, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Space Stations, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
An Ocean Engineer-Astronaut Returns Home
Keith’s note: I was just on a media telecon with Astronaut Loral O’Hara who just returned from 204 days on the International Space Station.
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Plant Biology, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Status Report
Report: Strategies, Research Priorities, and Challenges for the Exploration of Space Beyond Low Earth Orbit
The Beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Instrumentation & Science Series Science Working Group (BLISS-SWG) was established in December 2020 to provide NASA’s Space Biology Program with sustained input from a […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Away Teams & Field Reports, Career Opportunities, Conferences and Meetings, Meteorites & Asteroids, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Status Report
Small Sample Handling Workshop
The Lunar and Planetary Institute is accepting applications for a Small Sample Handling Workshop. This training event is scheduled for June 4-6, 2024, in Tempe, Arizona, at Arizona State University.
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
The TESS-Keck Survey. XIX. A Warm Transiting Sub-Saturn Mass Planet and a non-Transiting Saturn Mass Planet Orbiting a Solar Analog
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) continues to dramatically increase the number of known transiting exoplanets, and is optimal for monitoring bright stars amenable to radial velocity (RV) and atmospheric […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Mars, Video, Audio, Webcasts, Podcasts
Pam Melroy Thinks That Finding Life Elsewhere In The Universe is “Inevitable”
On Saturday, 27 January 2024, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy appeared on CNN with Christiane Amanpour. A variety of topics such as warfare in space, safety, going to the Moon […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Commercial & Private Sector, Gravitational Biology, Life Support Systems, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Status Report
From Dust To Seed: A Lunar Chickpea Story
Food sustainability is one of the most significant barriers to long-term space travel. Providing resources from Earth is not cost-efficient, and resupply missions are not viable to meet the needs […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Moon, Press Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics
Hydrogen Detected In Lunar Samples
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers have discovered solar-wind hydrogen in lunar samples, which indicates that water on the surface of the Moon may provide a vital resource for future […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Away Teams & Field Reports, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Away Team Practice: Space Exploration Goes Underground
Is there life in Martian caves? It’s a good question, but it’s not the right question—yet. An international collaboration of scientists led by NAU researcher Jut Wynne has dozens of […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Gravitational Biology, Life Support Systems, Microgravity, Moon, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science
NASA Selects 11 Space Biology Research Projects to Inform Biological Research During Future Lunar Exploration Missions
NASA announces the award of eleven grants or cooperative agreements for exciting new Space Biology research that will advance NASA’s understanding of how exposure to lunar dust/regolith impact both plant […]