Local Biology Research Takes Off on STS-133
Mouse Immunology-2 Roberto Garofalo, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston MI-2 will expand the knowledge base of the effects of space environment on mammalian immunology and provide...
View ArticleMeet a Scientist Monday #9: Sean Casey
For some reason I have a lot of astronomer friends. Maybe because I like that their personalities are a mix of romanticism (probably coming from being in remote, dark places for long stretches of time)...
View ArticleMeet a Scientist Monday#10: Scott Parazynski
Welcome to MSM #10 with Dr. Scott Parazynski. Dr. Parazynski is a former NASA astronaut that has flown on five shuttle missions, an accomplished mountain climber, pilot, SCUBA diver, and all around...
View ArticleWhen Space Drugs Go Bad
While traveling along on your way to Mars, you realize you had one too many Romulan Ales on your day off and have woken up with a blazing headache. You float over to the med cabinet, pop a few aspirin...
View ArticleMeet a Scientist Monday #15: Eileen Stansbery
Hello and welcome back to another edition of Meet a Scientist Monday! Today’s scientist is Dr. Eileen Stansbery with NASA’s Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science Directorate at Johnson...
View ArticleOpportunities for science in space will continue, Methodist researchers say
Media contact: David Bricker The Methodist Hospital 832-667-5811 dmbricker@tmhs.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Houston — (July 22, 2011) — Although disappointed by the retirement of the Space Shuttle...
View ArticleMeet a Scientist Monday #20: Ben Longmier
Howdy! Today’s Meet a Scientist Monday podcast guest is Ad Astra Rocket Company‘s Principal Scientist Ben Longmier. Learn more about Project Aether and Space Center Lecture Series. I hope you enjoyed...
View ArticleMeet a Scientist Monday #21: Liz Warren
Howdy! Today’s Meet a Scientist Monday podcast guest is Gravitational Physiologist Dr. Liz Warren. Learn more about Human Space Physiology and NASA’s Human Research Program.. Follow Liz on Twitter:...
View ArticleHow Can I Get My Science Project on the International Space Station?
Several weeks ago I attended the 1st Annual International Space Station (ISS) Research and Development Conference in Denver, Colorado, coordinated by the American Astronautical Association in...
View ArticleDriving on Another World: Apollo Lunar Rover Navigation
While reading about the Chinese lunar rover Yutu wandering the lunar surface, I heard a comment about the moon’s magnetic field being weak, variable and lacking a north/south orientation and because of...
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