A small group of scientists on the biofilm mitigation team at NASA’s Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, study solutions to combat fast-growing colonies of bacteria or fungi, known as […]
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Astronaut Don Pettit At Work Doing Offworld Science
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit is pictured setting up one of his “Science of Opportunity” experiments aboard the International Space Station.
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China Exoplanet Habitability and Ecosystem Space Experiment
The experiment of exo-ecosystem and the exploration of extraterrestrial habitability aims to explore the adaptation of terrestrial life in space conditions for the manned space program and the future interstellar […]
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,116 13 September 2024 (Space Life Science Research Results)
The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window. Papers deriving from NASA support:
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Adaptation to Space Conditions of Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from the International Space Station Revealed by Functional Gene Annotations and Comparative Genome Analysis
Background The extreme environment of the International Space Station (ISS) puts selective pressure on microorganisms unintentionally introduced during its 20+ years of service as a low-orbit science platform and human […]
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Offworld Life Science Hardware: Autoclave Design for Microgravity Hydrothermal Synthesis
Microgravity offers an enticing synthetic knob for materials scientists to explore—however, this environment creates major challenges in hardware development that can turn a simple 3-day experiment into a 3-year long […]
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Offworld Life Science Hardware: Space ADvanced Space Experiment Processor
The Redwire Space ADvanced Space Experiment Processor (ADSEP) is a fully automated, multi-use single middeck locker processing facility used to conduct a variety of life and physical-science research as well […]
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NASA STAR – Spaceflight Technology Applications and Research – Is Accepting Applications To Get A Biology Experiment Into Space
Are you a researcher who is curious about how to get a biology experiment into space? The STAR program is currently accepting applications through June 28 for our next cohort […]
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Flight-Scope: Microscopy With Microfluidics In Microgravity
With the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA working to return humans to the moon and onwards to Mars, it has never been more important to study the impact of […]
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Starliner Flight Day 7 Activities Include Offworld Genomics and Biology Research
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, spent June 12 focusing on lab maintenance and researching advanced biotechnology.