NASA is not often known for making the best use of existing COTS (commercial off the shelf technology) aboard the ISS. Then again, sometimes they are. This is an example […]
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Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Book, Film, Video Reviews, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Plant Biology, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Science Fiction
Film Review: “The Martian”
The Martian is a really good movie. It would be a good movie even if it was not set in outer space. But it does happen in space and does […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Life Support Systems, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Away Team Update: A Post-Mission Conversation With NASA NEEMO 15 Aquanaut Steve Squyres
Keith’s note: Last month I had the opportunity to interview Cornell University Professor Steve Squyres as he prepared for his role in NASA’s NEEMO 15 mission (see “Away Team Update: […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, Microbiology & Virology, People Of Astrobiology
Astrobiologist And Explorer Robert Wharton Has Died
Editor’s note: I am profoundly saddened to hear of Bob’s passing. I got to know Bob very well when he and I worked at the old Life Sciences Division at […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Life Support Systems, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Away Team Update: A Pre-Mission Conversation With NASA NEEMO 15 Aquanaut Steve Squyres
Over the years NASA has mounted a series of NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) missions using NOAA’s Aquarius Reef Base located near Key Largo, Florida.
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Baruch Samuel Blumberg 1925-2011
Keith’s note: I learned with profound sadness last night that Baruch Blumberg died suddenly yesterday. He was in a small meeting focused upon how to move humanity off this world […]
Posted inMoon, Polar / Alpine Expeditions, Space Stations
Apollo 11 Moon Rocks And An Everest Summit Rock At Home In Space
Moon rocks, collected during the historic Apollo 11 mission, found a new residence aboard the International Space Station alongside a piece of Mt. Everest.
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Dale Andersen's Field Reports, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Microbiology & Virology, Polar / Alpine Expeditions
Looking for Endolithic Organisms on Mt. Everest
One of the things Scott Parazynski will be looking or during his ascent of Mt. Everest is evidence of habitable zones for microorganisms. Given the low temperatures, air pressure, high […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Microbiology & Virology, People Of Astrobiology, Status Report
Noted Astrobiologist Imre Friedmann Has Died
Noted astrobiologist Imre Friedmann died yesterday morning.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Status Report
Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse Crops Continue to Thrive on Devon Island
Three weeks after the last humans departed from NASA Haughton-Mars Project Base Camp on Devon Island, the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse continues to operate – by itself. Its operations are […]