JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi processes cassettes containing biological fluid samples for installation inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4, a research facility that […]
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Offworld Microbiology Sample Processing
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Anne McClain works in the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Sciences Glovebox processing bacteria samples before viewing them inside a 3D imaging microscope called […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Gravitational Biology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Space Life Science, Tricorders & Sensors
ELVIS: Pioneering Imaging System to Enhance Space Biology and Life Detection
Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, dubbed ELVIS, is not about resurrecting rock-n-roll legends but pioneering scientific discovery. Using innovative holographic technology to deliver […]
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Offworld Botany: Genetically Modified, Extemely Dwarf Tomato Plants
Genetically modified, extemely dwarf tomato plants are pictured growing inside specialized research hardware, called Rhodium BioCuvettes, aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. The space botany experiment tests the […]
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Biomarker Preservation in Antarctic Sandstones after Prolonged Space Exposure Outside the International Space Station During the ESA EXPOSE-E Lichens and Fungi Experiment
A primary aim of current and future space exploration missions is the detection and identification of chemical and biological indicators of life, namely biomarkers, on Mars.
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Tricorder Tech: Space Station Imaging System to Enhance Space Biology and Life Detection Beyond Earth
Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, dubbed ELVIS, is not about resurrecting rock-n-roll legends but pioneering scientific discovery. Using innovative holographic technology to deliver […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Space Life Science, Space Stations, Status Report
Offworld Space Biology: Genomic Enumeration of Antibiotic Resistance in Space (GEARS)
The next launch of the SpaceX Dragon will be carrying four Space Biology experiments to the International Space Station; the GEARS microbial experiment, the APEX-12 plant experiment, CBIOMES host-microbiome study, […]
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Offworld Nucleic Acid Sequencing
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit displays Genes In Space-11 samples validating on-orbit Nucleic Acid Sequenced Based Amplification (NASBA).
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,142 28 March 2025 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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DARPA: Building Space Elevators, Space Nets, and other Large Bio-Mechanical Space Structures
Given recent advances in metabolic engineering for rapid growth, extremophiles with novel properties, biological self-assembly properties of tunable materials, and emergent mechanical design principles of biological systems, DARPA is interested […]