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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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 14 January 2026: Setting Up Base Camp At Lake Untersee
Hi Keith, Since our arrival we have been working hard to get shelter in place. That is always our first priority: establish safe, warm protection from the elements, then we […]
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 12 January 2026: Overland Traverse Imagery – And Hello ISS
Keith’s note: Dale Andersen and his astrobiology research team departed the Ultima ice airstrip where they arrived the other day – and drove their snowmobiles south to their research base […]
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Offworld Biotechnology Research: Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4 (ADSEP-4)
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Zena Cardman inspects sample cassettes for installation into the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4 (ADSEP-4) at the maintenance work area inside the International Space […]
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Offworld Biology: Stem Cell Research Inside The Microgravity Science Glovebox
A top-down view inside the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox shows the gloved arms and hands of NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Zena Cardman.
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Offworld Biology: Astronaut Zena Cardman Prepares Liver Tissue Research
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Zena Cardman works inside a portable glovebag aboard the International Space Station’s Harmony module.
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Video: Astronaut, Astrobiologist, and UNC Biology Undergrad Zena Cardman: Life in Gypsum Springs? (2008)
From Spacewardbound Arctic 2008: Is there life in Gypsum Springs? UNC biology undergrad, Zena Cardman, speaks about odd-looking colors downslope from one spring outlet at Gypsum Springs.