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Press Release November 4, 2016
For decades, NASA engineers have been key players in the design, fabrication and testing of the equipment that keeps astronauts safe in space -- on Skylab, SpaceHab and the International Space Station.
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Press Release August 14, 2016
BitFlow frame grabber accelerates development of human-scale passenger capsule for SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition
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Press Release January 18, 2016
What may seem like a failure in systems is actually an exceptional opportunity for scientists back on Earth to better understand how plants grow in microgravity
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Press Release December 4, 2015
Inspired by Elon Musk's Company of the Year 2015 nomination by Inc.com, City Business Solutions promotes the importance of the notion to never stop learning and striving for success.
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Press Release August 10, 2015
Fresh food grown in the microgravity environment of space officially is on the menu for the first time for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Press Release July 29, 2015
New Camera Capable of Recording Images with Six Times More Detail
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Press Release July 25, 2015
NASA's work with the private sector to enable research and new transportation systems is creating a modern space age, where opportunities just beyond our atmosphere are open to everyone, limited only by our imaginations.
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Press Release May 27, 2015
The International Space Station had worms. Roundworms to be exact, but those and several other samples, hardware and data returned aboard the completed sixth SpaceX contracted resupply mission.
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Press Release May 27, 2015
Tiny worms who spent time aboard the International Space Station could help humans understand more about the effects of aging in space.
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Press Release April 28, 2015
As NASA continues our Earth month celebrations, the High Definition Earth Viewing investigation on the space station that provides unprecedented panoramic views of our home will celebrate its first year in space.
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Press Release April 14, 2015
From improving LCD screens to testing espresso machines, a variety of research is headed to the International Space Station aboard the sixth SpaceX contracted resupply mission.
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Press Release April 14, 2015
American company Ras Labs creates muscles out of an advanced smart material that could be used in robots, expanding its capabilities while enabling them to go places considered too dangerous for humans.
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Press Release April 13, 2015
Spaceflight causes significant physiological changes including an accelerated loss of muscle and bone density, and immune system dysfunction that parallel the effects of natural aging here on Earth.
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Press Release April 13, 2015
With their delivery on the next SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, the Osteo-4 investigation team will analyze the effects of microgravity on osteocyte cultures for the first time.
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Press Release April 6, 2015
Although it is arguable as to whether plants have all five human senses - sight, scent, hearing, taste and touch - they do have a unique sense of gravity, which is being tested in space.
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Press Release March 9, 2015
From Saharan dust storms to icy clouds to smoke on the opposite side of the continent, the first image from NASA's newest cloud- and aerosol-measuring instrument, CATS, provides a profile of the atmosphere above Africa.
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Press Release February 25, 2015
Newly 3-D printed wrenches, data to improve cooling systems, protein crystals and seedling samples returned Feb. 10 aboard SpaceX's fifth contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Press Release February 25, 2015
NASA's Micro-5 investigation on the International Space Station may help researchers gain a better understanding of how intestinal pathogens cause disease and how we can prevent or counteract foodborne illness in astronauts.
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Press Release February 3, 2015
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Zebrafish Muscle investigation observes the effects of microgravity on the zebrafish, Danio rerio, a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family.
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Press Release January 30, 2015
Elon Musk, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX, will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference, which takes place in Boston July 7 to 9.
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