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February 10, 2014
The Multi-Gas Monitor, a shoebox-sized, battery-powered monitor aboard the space station, can measure the concentrations of multiple gases within the air inside of it in less than one second.
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February 6, 2014
The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System is scheduled to launch to the space station in Sept. 2014 to help researchers determine what state-of-the-art, three-wavelength laser technology can do from space to measure aerosols in Earth's atmosphere.
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February 3, 2014
A rehydration beverage developed by John Greenleaf, physiologist and former researcher at NASA's Ames Research Center, to treat low body water in astronauts is now being used to improve human performance under various conditions on Earth.
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February 1, 2014
The announcement by the Obama Administration to support the extension of the orbiting laboratory to at least 2024 gives the station a decade to continue its already fruitful microgravity research mission.
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January 21, 2014
Fire continues to be a focus of study with the Burning and Suppression of Solids-II (BASS-II) experiments, which recently launched to the International Space Station aboard the Orbital 1 cargo resupply mission.
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January 16, 2014
The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image collects data that help researchers discover, study and understand the physics behind the lifecycle of our universe. MAXI was key in two recent publications sharing results that make strides in astrophysics.
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January 11, 2014
23 new Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) research studies departed for the ISS with the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus launch on Jan. 9. Many SSEP accomplishments were presented at their annual 2013 conference.
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January 7, 2014
In its first commercial resupply journey after completion of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, the Orbital-1 mission will deliver some very interesting new scientific investigations to the space station.
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January 6, 2014
The Antibiotic Effectiveness in Space investigation, scheduled to launch in January aboard the first contracted Orbital resupply flight to the space station, is a systematic attempt to probe the reasons for antibiotic resistance in space.
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December 20, 2013
A better understanding of fluid slosh could not only decrease fuel uncertainty, but increase efficiency, reduce costs and allow additional payloads to be launched with each rocket.
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December 19, 2013
NASA nvestigates techniques for measuring intracranial pressure.
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December 12, 2013
Two recent investigations examined mechanisms that may explain eye changes in spaceflight, help find ways to minimize this health risk to astronauts and eventually prevent and treat eye diseases on Earth.
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December 6, 2013
The Microscale Particulate Classifier was developed by NASA for use on future missions aboard the International Space Station and will help NASA determine if nanoparticles are present on spacecraft.
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December 5, 2013
The first two modules of the space station - the Russian-built Zarya, "sunrise" in Russian, and Unity - were named for their place in history. The mating of these above the planet 15 years ago heralded the dawn of a new age in space.
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November 27, 2013
Students and researchers build on past microgravity experiments to understand fundamentals of combustion, fire sensing and fire suppression as part of NASA's Microgravity University.
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November 26, 2013
Though you can read about the many benefits originating from International Space Station research and technology, in NASA's new video feature "Benefits for Humanity: In Their Own Words," it is now easy to see those benefits as well.
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November 23, 2013
Powerful robotic arms developed by the Canadian Space Agency for the International Space Station and a delicate surgical tool, dubbed neuroArm, make "wonderful things" happen when experts from different disciplines work together.
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November 22, 2013
The facilities developed, installed and used aboard the space station during the last 15 years have contributed to new discoveries in the various science disciplines studied in orbit.
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November 15, 2013
NASA uses the common fruit fly--Drosophila melanogaster--as a biomedical research model that can reveal the basis for health and disease in many animals, including humans, because we share the basic biochemical machinery of life.
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November 14, 2013
The Olympic torch was part of an international relay aboard the International Space Station, passing from one module to the next, before it made a trip outside for its first spacewalk on Nov. 9.
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