[Voyager Technologies] (NYSE: VOYG) executed a mission management contract with Interstellar Lab to host BioPod EDEN, the company’s autonomous plant growth payload, aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Gravitational Biology
Posted inSpace Agriculture
Offworld Space Botany
[NASA] NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Luke Delaney works inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module on a space botany investigation.
Posted inMicrogravity
Orbital Bioscience: Organoids Cultured In Microgravity
[NASA]. Robust neurite outgrowth stemming from cultured organoids captured after 30 days on the International Space Station, offering a view of how neurodegenerative cells interact in the MINDS investigation.
Posted inGravitational Biology
Scientists Uncover Gravity’s Impact On The Human Genome
[New York University] Human cells with fluorescently labeled chromatin (green) and microtubules (magenta) appear elongated after 24-hour exposure to flows.
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments
Assessment Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Survival Upon Exposure to Transient High Pressure and Temperature in a High-Intensity Shock Tube for Astrobiology (HISTA)
[bio-protocol] Understanding microbial survival under extreme planetary conditions is critical for astrobiology and stress biology.
Posted inGravitational Biology
Gravity Activates Mitochondrial Translation
Space experiments identify pathways that transmit external information into cells – Overview of gravity-mediated mitochondrial translation regulation (generated by Issei Takahashi) [RIKEN] An international collaborative research group consisting of Shintaro […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Desert Worlds, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Gravitational Biology, Microgravity, Panspermia, Radiation, Sample Return, Space Life Science, Status Report
Antarctic Microbe Survival Tests Aboard The International Space Station
An international team is sending microbes from Antarctica and Chile to the International Space Station (ISS) to study how they withstand radiation and other spaceflight stressors.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Gravitational Biology, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Origin & Evolution of Life, Space Life Science, Status Report
Gravity As A Boundary Condition For The Evolution Of Three-Dimensional Multicellularity
Life evolved under a persistent 1 g field that is continuous, ubiquitous, and directionally structured.
Posted inBiophysics, Gravitational Biology, Life Support Systems, Press Release, Space Life Science
Fruit flies Adapt And Recover After Hypergravity Exposure
Expose an animal to extreme physical stress, and the expectation is simple: It will break down.
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2026 American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Annual Conference Call for Abstract Reviewers
2026 American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Annual Conference From Atoms to Astronauts: Transformative Science for a New Era of Exploration We are actively recruiting reviewers for abstracts submitted […]