NASA announces the award of eleven grants or cooperative agreements for exciting new Space Biology research that will advance NASA’s understanding of how exposure to lunar dust/regolith impact both plant […]
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Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine
Lunar Explorer Instrument for Space Biology Applications (LEIA)
NASA’s plans to explore the Moon and eventually go to Mars will bring humans deeper into space for longer duration missions than ever before.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Moon, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture
NASA Space Biology Research Funding Opportunity: Exposure To Lunar Regolith Simulant
NASA Space Biology is soliciting proposals for ground-based plant or animal studies (and/or their associated microbes) that will characterize the responses of these organisms to conditions that recapitulate the stressors […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Life Support Systems, Moon, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture
Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Soil
In the early days of the space age, the Apollo astronauts took part in a visionary plan: Bring samples of the lunar surface material, known as regolith, back to Earth […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Comets and Asteroids, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Impact events, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Moon, Press Release
Caltech Team Finds Evidence of Water in Moon Minerals
That dry, dusty Moon overhead? Seems it isn’t quite as dry as it’s long been thought to be. Although you won’t find oceans, lakes, or even a shallow puddle on […]