This image taken in ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station is a snapshot of the many opportunities in space research and exploration.
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Away Team Report: Processing Liver Cells On The International Space Station
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli processes liver stem cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station.
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Away Team Report: ISS Expedition 70: Choctaw Nation Of Oklahoma Seeds Exposed To Microgravity On The International Space Station
Five varieties of seeds provided by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma are pictured inside the cupola as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.
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 […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Space Life Science, Space Stations, Status Report
Away Team Report: Using DNA Analysis To Identify Bacteria On Board The International Space Station
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli uses DNA analysis to identify bacteria extracted from water samples collected aboard the International Space Station.
Posted inGravitational Biology, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Press Release, Space Life Science, Space Stations
OSU, NASA Partnership Will Send Microbes To Space To See How They Grow In Low Gravity
Two Oregon State University College of Engineering faculty members are partnering with NASA on a $525,000 National Science Foundation project to examine the role that gravity, or the lack thereof, […]
Posted inAstropharmacy / Biotechnology, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Nanotechnology & SynBio, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations, Status Report
Offworld Life Science Research: Fixing A Bioprinter In Space
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara uses a portable glovebag to replace components on a biological printer, the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), that is testing the printing of […]
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,075 – 17 November 2023 (Space Life Science Research Results)
SPACELINE Current Awareness Lists are distributed via listserv and are available on the NASA Task Book website at https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/spaceline.cfm. Please send any correspondence to Shawna Byrd, SPACELINE Current Awareness Senior Editor, SPACELINE@nasaprs.com.
Posted inMicrobiology & Virology, Microgravity, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations, SPACELINE Current Awareness List
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,074 – 10 November 2023 (Space Life Science Research Results)
SPACELINE Current Awareness Lists are distributed via listserv and are available on the NASA Task Book website at https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/spaceline.cfm. Please send any correspondence to Shawna Byrd, SPACELINE Current Awareness Senior Editor, SPACELINE@nasaprs.com.
Posted inCommercial & Private Sector, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Nanotechnology & SynBio, Space Stations, Status Report
Desiccated Cyanobacteria Serve As Efficient Plasmid DNA Carrier In Space Flight
Effective transport of biological systems as cargo during space travel is a critical requirement to use synthetic biology and biomanufacturing in outer space.