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Healthier diets for astronauts on spaceflights may improve health and performance
Dec 18, 2022 (SPX)
Although conducted in a spaceflight simulation chamber on Earth with 16 individuals, these findings may have implications for astronaut health and decisions abo...
AstroAccess successfully completes first weightless research flight with international disabled crew
Dec 18, 2022 (SPX)
The Zero-G aircraft ascended to an altitude of 25,000 feet, at which point the vehicle commenced 18 parabolic maneuvers. The flight was completed in Houston, Te...
Temperature rising on Soyuz, crew not in danger
Dec 17, 2022 (AFP)
Roscosmos said a number of tests had been conducted following the discovery of a coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22, and the temperature in the capsule had increas...
Turning science fiction into science fact
Dec 15, 2022 (SPX)
SSPIDR technology can be especially useful in forward operating and contested areas where warfighters need steady power to maintain mission operations. Harnessi...
Tiny meteorite may have caused leak from Soyuz capsule
Dec 15, 2022 (AFP)
Dramatic NASA TV images showed white particles resembling snowflakes streaming out of the rear of the vessel for hours. The coolant leak forced the last-minute ...
Russian ISS spacewalk cancelled due to coolant leak: NASA
Dec 15, 2022 (AFP)
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, said that a walk in space by Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin had been cancelled after one of the warning indicators wen...
Practice makes perfect for student inventions at JPL competition
Dec 12, 2022 (JPL)
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Invention Challenge made a lively return to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday. ...
Collins Aerospace to deliver new spacesuits to NASA for International Space Station missions
Dec 09, 2022 (SPX)
"Our next-generation spacesuit was built by astronauts for astronauts, continuing Collins' long-standing legacy as a trusted partner of NASA's human space explo...
These freeze-drying algae can awaken from cryostasis, could help spaceflights go farther
Dec 09, 2022 (SPX)
The algae's cycle of stasis and renewed growth caught the attention of Emily Matula, who was a bioastronautics doctoral student at the University of Colorado Bo...
NASA taps Collins Aerospace to develop new spacesuits for Space Station
Dec 09, 2022 (SPX)
Collins Aerospace will complete a critical design review and demonstrate use of the suit on Earth in a simulated space environment by January 2024. NASA will ha...
NSF-funded solicitation seeks physical science proposals to utilize ISS National Lab
Dec 08, 2022 (SPX)
NSF will provide up to $3.6 million for multiple projects to utilize the space station's research facilities for fundamental research in the areas of fluid dyna...
Plant on China's Shenzhou-15 spaceship begins growing
Dec 06, 2022 (XNA)
The Shenzhou-15 spaceship was launched at 11:08 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2022. About 20 hours later, Chinese astronauts placed the Arabidopsis thaliana in a biological ...
At NASA, France's Macron and US vow strong space cooperation
Nov 30, 2022 (AFP)
The French president, on a state visit to the United States, highlighted the American lunar program Artemis, whose first uncrewed test mission launched in mid-N...
Japan space agency says research team tampered with ISS experiment
Nov 26, 2022 (UPI)
The team, headed by astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, will be "appropriately" punished because he had a supervisory role in the experiment, the Japan Aerospace Explor...
Gravitics raises $20M in bid to build next-generation space station modules
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
"The case for Gravitics is simple," said Tarek Waked of Type One Ventures, who has joined the Gravitics Board of Directors. "Having scalable space infrastructur...
Who will become history's first 'parastronaut'?
Nov 22, 2022 (AFP)
People with physical disabilities have previously been excluded from one of the most exclusive and demanding jobs on Earth -- and beyond -- due to strict select...
Preparing For Space Travel
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
Shawn Graham, a digital archaeologist and historian at Carleton University, is working with the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP) to re...
AFRL awards contract for pioneering spacecraft in region of Moon
Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)
AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate awarded the contract to support the lab's Oracle spacecraft program, previously called the Cislunar Highway Patrol System, or ...
Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system delivered to ISS
Nov 11, 2022 (SPX)
"The completion of NASA's rigorous qualification testing is an important milestone and a validation of Calnetix's advanced magnetic technologies, and we look fo...
SmartSat CRC and NASA team up to collaborate on astronaut emergency communications
Nov 10, 2022 (SPX)
Australia and the United States, as leaders in the field, have a long history of cooperation in Search and Rescue. In 2020 NASA and SmartSat announced a collabo...
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