Space botany, human research, and bioprinting were the dominant science topics aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The Expedition 70 septet also focused on lab hardware and cargo operations […]
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Tricorder Tech: Kate Rubins Practices Away Team Skills With ESA’s Electronic FieldBook Microscope
A close-up view of NASA astronaut Kate Rubins as she analyzes images from the microscope associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook (EFB) to better recognize minerals contained in rocks outcropping […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Status Report
Working on Hoth: Offworld Conditions For Space Life Science Research At Concordia In Antarctica
Sascha Freigang is the ESA-sponsored medical doctor from Germany spending 12 months at Concordia research station in Antarctica for the 2022–2023 season. He facilitates a number of experiments on the […]
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ESA Medical Tricorder In Use On the International Space Station
This gadget looks like a precursor to the devices medical officers use to scan patients in science fiction, and it is not far off. The MyotonPRO tests muscle tension and […]
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Tricorder Use By ESA PANGEA Away Team: ESA Electronic FieldBook And Spectrometer
NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner carries out investigations with the spectrometer associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook, so that JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi can receive indications from the science back-room […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Astronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Webb Study Reveals That Rocky Planets Can Form In Extreme Environments
An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and other molecules in the inner, rocky-planet-forming regions of a […]
Posted inGravitational Biology, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations, Status Report
Offworld Biology Research: The Biolab Facility On The International Space Station
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.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Space Life Science, Space Stations, Status Report
Away Team Report: ISS Expedition 70: Microscopic Imaging Of Brain Cells On The International Space Station
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen operates a microscope inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module.
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Video: The Making of Juice: The Film
One giant planet. Three icy moons. An eight-year journey. One special spacecraft.
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Juice Spacecraft Makes Earth-Moon Flyby On Its Astrobiology-Themed Mission
On 17 November 2023, ESA’s Juice spacecraft carried out one of the largest and most important manoeuvres in its eight-year journey to Jupiter.