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January 22, 2015
The study of flatworms aboard the space station has the potential to be rather robust in implications for regenerative medicine, an area of treatment for repairing or replacing human cells, tissues or organs on Earth to restore normal function.
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January 14, 2015
Two Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency investigations on the space station help researchers seek clues to physiological problems found in astronauts by studying C. elegans -- a millimeter-long roundworm that is widely used as a model organism.
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January 12, 2015
This impressive milestone comes as no surprise given the efforts put by the team on Sharegate's development during the last year.
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January 8, 2015
After a rigorous selection process and months of preparation, 42 students were set for the exciting experience of watching the launch of their research from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. That excitement faded when the rocket suffered an anomaly.
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December 18, 2014
The most advanced system to date for studying fruit flies in space, NASA's Fruit Fly Lab, is making its debut aboard the International Space Station.
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December 18, 2014
The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System, and new research including flatworms, wearable technology, an external radiation monitor and tools to use the station as a microbial observatory will head to the orbiting outpost on the fifth SpaceX mission.
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December 15, 2014
On the International Space Station, the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science is demonstrating how laser communications can speed up the flow of information between Earth and space, compared to radio signals.
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December 15, 2014
NASA is laying a strong foundation of life science research with results from a recent investigation on the space station called BRIC-19, one in a series of Biological Research in Canisters investigations.
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December 9, 2014
InSPACE experiments in space help to understand the fundamental science around directed self-assembly. Researchers hope to better define new methods of manufacturing materials composed of small colloidal or nano-particle building blocks.
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November 28, 2014
With the successful completion of mission operations for Rodent Research-1, NASA has brought an important new biological research capability into space.
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November 21, 2014
This week, NASA took a big step toward changing the way we plan for long-duration space voyages when astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore successfully installed and prepared the first 3-D printer for upcoming manufacturing operations on the space station.
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November 19, 2014
NASA's EXPRESS Rack helps ensure there's room for research on the orbiting laboratory. EXPRESS is a multipurpose rack system housing and supporting research. On Oct. 4, EXPRESS Rack 1 marked 100,000 hours of operation.
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October 29, 2014
To highlight microgravity technologies, a panel of experts gathered recently for the Destination Station: International Space Station Technology Forum at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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October 28, 2014
The return of the SpaceX Dragon on Oct. 25 brought with it plant samples, data that may impact your facial cream composition and validation of a new way of creating on Earth crystals that are used in our daily electronic devices.
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October 22, 2014
An international team of NASA and European Space Agency researchers are studying the growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings aboard the space station to gain a better understanding of how plants adapt to weightless environments.
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October 14, 2014
The race to find answers for cancer is not a sprint, but a marathon. While you are putting one foot in front of the other on the ground, there are researchers running tests aboard the International Space Station in support of this universal cause.
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October 13, 2014
The International Association for Advancement of Space Safety awarded SpaceX with the Vladimir Syromiatnikov Safety-by-Design Award for accomplishments related to the safety of its Dragon spacecraft.
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September 23, 2014
Plant biology investigations called Petri Plants explore the fundamental genetic mechanisms plants use to adapt to a microgravity environment.
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September 20, 2014
Plant science, wind monitors, 3-D printers and more head to the space station on SpaceX-4. The SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply vehicle is scheduled to launch to the orbiting laboratory in the early morning of Sept. 20.
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September 19, 2014
Scientists want to address controlling outbreaks of Candida albicans, an opportunistic yeast pathogen, with the next round of cellular growth experiments on the International Space Station -- Micro-8.
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