Editor’s note: Submersibles and oceanic exploration have a long history of intersection and collaboration. NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara was a research engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution working with deep-ocean […]
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Offworld Biology Research Facilities: Life Science Glovebox In ISS Kibo Module
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara treats brain cell-like samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station.
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An Ocean Engineer-Astronaut Returns Home
Keith’s note: I was just on a media telecon with Astronaut Loral O’Hara who just returned from 204 days on the International Space Station.
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Offworld Agriculture: The Kibo Laboratory Module Advanced Plant Habitat
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module’s Advanced Plant Habitat housing tomato plants.
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Offworld Life Science Research On The International Space Station
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara shows off research hardware supporting the UMAMI, or Understanding of Microgravity on Animal-Microbe Interaction, space biology experiment.
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Offworld Life Science: Botany, Biology, Medicine, BioPrinting On ISS
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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Offworld Biology Research: Loral O’Hara Applies Oceanography Lab Skills On The ISS
Posted onTwitter by @lunarloral – Loral O’Hara: SpaceX Cargo Dragon 29 arrived on 11 Nov along with a ton of new research for us to work on! When it comes […]
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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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Astronauts Will Swab The Outside Of The Space Station To See If Microbes Are Present
Two upcoming spacewalks outside the International Space Station to conduct science research and station maintenance will feature NASA astronauts, both first-time spacewalkers.