It’s a classic superhero tale: Inconspicuous, underestimated, our hero is revealed to have powers beyond imagination! The hottest and coldest environments on Earth, decades without water, the powerful radiation of […]
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International Space Station Archives Fuel New Scientific Discoveries
When scientists complete an experiment aboard the International Space Station, the ramifications of that work have just begun. NASA carries on a legacy of decades of biological research data, fueling […]
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BioAsteroid Payload On Orbit
Inside one of the containers of this 40-cm-across miniature laboratory in orbit, a battle is set to start between asteroid-like fragments and rock-hungry microbes, to probe their use for space […]
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Microbes To Demonstrate Biomining Of Asteroid Material Aboard The Space Station
As humanity moves closer to the possibility of living and working millions of miles from Earth on planets like Mars, scientists are looking beyond our planet at how to acquire […]
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Help Shape The Future of European Space Biology
What biology research would you conduct on the International Space Station? As the world celebrates 20 years of astronauts living and working on the International Space Station, ESA is preparing […]
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NASA's Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) Is Now Accepting Applications
The primary goal is to train the next generation of scientists and engineers, enabling NASA to meet future research and development challenges in space life sciences. The SLSTP provides undergraduate […]
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A 'Hubble Space Telescope' To Study Multiple Genome Sequences
A new tool that simultaneously compares 1.4 million genetic sequences can classify how species are related to each other at far larger scales than previously possible. Described today in Nature […]
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NASA Selects Space Biology Research Proposals to Support Moon, Mars Exploration
NASA has awarded 15 grants for new space biology research designed to help the agency achieve its goals under the Artemis lunar exploration program. Teams of investigators will use state-of-the-art […]
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Understanding Aging and Muscle Loss in Space
In space, the human body loses muscle mass. Although living in microgravity requires no heavy lifting, this loss of muscle reduces physical performance. Decreased muscle mass could also prove particularly […]
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Hibernation Treats Illness and Could Help Humans Go to Mars
Editor’s note: As we start to move off-world on longer space missions, the issue of crew health, food, life support, and overall safety becomes a pressing issue. If you can […]