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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Away Team Report: ISS Expedition 70: Choctaw Nation Of Oklahoma Seeds Exposed To Microgravity On The International Space Station
Five varieties of seeds provided by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma are pictured inside the cupola as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,076 – 22 November 2023 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Space Life Science, Space Stations, Status Report
Away Team Report: Using DNA Analysis To Identify Bacteria On Board The International Space Station
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli uses DNA analysis to identify bacteria extracted from water samples collected aboard the International Space Station.
Posted inGravitational Biology, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Press Release, Space Life Science, Space Stations
OSU, NASA Partnership Will Send Microbes To Space To See How They Grow In Low Gravity
Two Oregon State University College of Engineering faculty members are partnering with NASA on a $525,000 National Science Foundation project to examine the role that gravity, or the lack thereof, […]
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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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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,075 – 17 November 2023 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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Posted inLife Support Systems, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release, Space Life Science, Space Stations
Boeing Space Station Experiment Tests Antimicrobial Coating for Long-Term Space Missions
As humans travel to Mars and beyond, where resupply from and return to Earth is difficult to impossible, monitoring and controlling every aspect of life onboard spacecraft is essential—down to […]
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,074 – 10 November 2023 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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Desiccated Cyanobacteria Serve As Efficient Plasmid DNA Carrier In Space Flight
Effective transport of biological systems as cargo during space travel is a critical requirement to use synthetic biology and biomanufacturing in outer space.