Cosmic rays represent one of the most fascinating research themes in modern astronomy and physics. Significant progress is being made toward an understanding of the astrophysics of the sources of […]
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NASA Selects Four Proposals to Study Space Radiation Risks
NASA has selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation’s affects on human living in space. NASA selected proposals from the New York University School of Medicine in […]
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NASA Research Announcement "Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology"
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) has released NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNJ09ZSA001N, entitled “Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology.” This NRA solicits ground-based […]
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NASA Funding Opportunity: Carcinogenesis & Central Nervous System Risks from Space Radiation
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA) solicits proposals for NASA Specialized Centers of Research (NSCOR) in support of the Space Radiation Program Element within the Human […]
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A Way To Limit Radiation Hazards In Space?
Report: Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration “For astronauts, however, there is one danger in space that does not end when they step out of […]
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NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNJ08ZSA001N Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) has released NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNJ08ZSA001N, entitled “Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology.” This NRA solicits ground-based […]
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Radiation Biology Educators Guide
As an extension of the “Radiation Biology Educator Guide” developed by the Space Biosciences Outreach Office in FY06, we are currently adapting the material to provide three hands-on activities that […]
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NAI Grad Student Selected to Plan for Future Mars Extra-Vehicular Activity
NAI graduate student Irene Schneider from Jim Kasting’s group at Penn State has been selected by NASA/Mars Society as crew physicist for the upcoming expedition 61 for the Mars Desert […]