Station Science Top News: Oct. 11, 2024

2024-10-16, 08:15 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Researchers verified that 3D micro-computed tomography scans can map the orientation of plant roots in space and used the method to demonstrate that carrots grown in actual and simulated ...

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of...

2024-10-12, 08:17 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the agency's SpaceX Crew-8 mission to undock from the International Space Station. Pending weather conditions, the ...

Dragon Operations Underway During...

2024-10-12, 08:02 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Dragon spacecraft operations were underway aboard the International Space Station on Friday as four crew members prepare to return to Earth and another quartet prepares to swap docking ports. ...

Station Keeps Up Biology Studies as...

2024-10-11, 08:24 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The Expedition 72 crew members explored how space affects exercise and plant growth on Thursday helping NASA and its international partners plan human missions farther away from Earth. The ...

Artemis I Radiation Measurements...

2024-10-10, 17:49 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

NASA's Orion spacecraft is designed to keep astronauts safe in deep space, protecting them from the unforgiving environment far from Earth. During the uncrewed Artemis I mission, researchers from ...

Crew Studies Exercise, Veins, and...

2024-10-10, 08:01 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Space biology topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday as the Expedition 72 crew explored how weightlessness affects exercising, veins, and plants. Meanwhile, ...

Tissue Chips Accurately Model Organs...

2024-10-09, 08:53 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The International Space Station offers a unique microgravity environment where cells outside the human body behave similarly to how they do inside the human body. Tissue chips are small devices ...

Station Science Top News: Oct. 4, 2024

2024-10-09, 08:38 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Engineered heart tissues in space showed impairments that led to increased arrhythmias and loss of muscle strength, changes similar to cardiac aging. This finding suggests that the engineered ...

Relaxation, Science, and Maintenance...

2024-10-09, 08:23 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The seven NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station relaxed and took a break on Tuesday before the SpaceX Crew-8 mission leaves. Meanwhile, the four Roscosmos cosmonauts stayed busy ...

Biology, Physics Research Fill...

2024-10-08, 08:09 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Space biology and physics were the main focus of research operations for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station on Monday. Meanwhile, four Commercial Crew members are waiting ...