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NASA’s SpaceX-33 Resupply Mission Launches Research to Station
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Research on travelling to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission includes testing 3D bioprinting of an implantable medical device, observing the behaviour of engineered liver tissues, examining microgravity’s effects on bone-forming cells, and additional 3D printing of metal in space. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the orbiting laboratory in late August.
For nearly 25 years, the International Space Station has provided research capabilities used by scientists from over 110 countries to conduct more than 4,000 groundbreaking experiments in microgravity. Research conducted aboard the space station advances future space exploration – including missions to the Moon and Mars – and provides multiple benefits to humanity.
Read more about some of the latest investigations headed to the orbiting lab.
Scientists are creating an implantable device in microgravity that could support nerve...
Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
This image provided by NASA shows a top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. Credit: NASA via AP
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost right from the start.
"That's the kind of environment that could have been essential to the steps that lead from elements to life," said the Smithsonian Institution's Tim McCoy, one of the lead study authors.
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the...
NASA’s Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
NASA Space Technology The Roman Coronagraph is integrated with the Instrument Carrier for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in October 2024.(Image credit: NASA/Sydney Rohde)In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial component onto the Roman Space Telescope. This device, known as the Roman Coronagraph Instrument, is designed to block starlight, enabling scientists to detect the faint light from planets beyond our solar system.This achievement marks a significant milestone for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a next-generation space observatory that will launch around May 2027. With a field of view at least 100 times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, Roman will be used to investigate scientific mysteries related...
Nasa’s Voyager 1 breaks days of silence using device forgotten since 1981
NASA Space Technology Nasa's Voyager spacecraft in space is shown in this artist's rendering obtained from Nasa in Washington, DC, US, December 10, 2018. ReutersAt 15.4 billion miles away from Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) Voyager 1 spacecraft, which faces an uncertain future, fell silent recently leaving scientists unoptimistic about ever hearing back from it.However, the spacecraft did something that no one expected.The 47-year-old probe, which is one of the only spacecrafts ever to reach in interstellar space, was expected to maintain communication with mission control.But the spacecraft experienced a major setback when it plugged into its fault protection system after receiving a...
