Lake Untersee Base Camp on 1 February 2026 -- Dale Andersen

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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 1 February 2026: Drilling Diving Holes

by Keith CowingFebruary 1, 2026February 1, 2026

Dale: Hi Keith, We’ve had a productive few days since I last checked in. Yesterday and today we worked on the eastern slopes adjacent to the Anuchin Glacier – Denis […]

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NASA ROSES-25 Amendment 39: Rolling Submissions Extended Through August

by Keith CowingJanuary 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Historically the new omnibus ROSES solicitation was released in February but proposals to the programs from the prior year’s ROSES that were rolling submissions (no due date) could be submitted […]

Credits: ESA / V.Crobu -- ESA -- larger image

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ESA CAVES 2025 Away Team Training: Downloading Data Underground

by Keith CowingJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 2026

ESA astronaut Marco Sieber and JAXA astronaut Makoto Suwa are downloading data from environmental instruments placed at the underground base camp in Abel Cave.

(Jan. 7, 2025) --- NASA ID: iss074e0044840 Credit: NASA/Zena Cardman larger image

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JAXA Astronaut Kimiya Yui Conducts A Microbiology Research Experiment

by Keith CowingJanuary 17, 2026January 17, 2026

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui conducts a microbiology research experiment inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox.

Dale Andersen at Lake Untersee, Antarctica holding up the ISS Crew 11 patch on 11 Jan 2026 - Dale T. Andersen

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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 12 January 2026: Overland Traverse Imagery – And Hello ISS

by Keith CowingJanuary 12, 2026January 12, 2026

Keith’s note: Dale Andersen and his astrobiology research team departed the Ultima ice airstrip where they arrived the other day – and drove their snowmobiles south to their research base […]

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Charting The Microbial Map Inside The International Space Station

by Keith CowingJanuary 7, 2026January 7, 2026

Astronauts have company on the International Space Station (ISS International Space Station). Bacteria squat on handrails. Skin flakes lodge in air vents like lint. A corn-loving fungus has become a […]

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Caves On Earth As Proxies For Martian Subsurface Environments

by Keith CowingDecember 16, 2025December 16, 2025

On planet Earth, the inner part of cave systems represents an extreme and isolated environment, characterized by relatively stable microclimatic conditions, nutrient limitation and protection from external stressors such as […]

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim conducts research operations for the Noblis /Voyagerr DNA Decryption experiment iss073e0815503 (Sept. 26, 2025) larger image

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Offworld Genomics Research: DNA Decryption Experiment On ISS

by Keith CowingDecember 15, 2025December 15, 2025

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim shows off research hardware from the Noblis / Voyager DNA Decryption experiment taking place inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module.

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Away Team Training: Tricorder Use During Cave Microbiology Assay

by Keith CowingDecember 10, 2025

MBRSC astronaut Mohammad AlMulla took pictures of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli while she was conducting a microbiological investigation close to the underground base camp in Abel Cave.