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As a bass guitarist myself, I've started wondering about how one could play music aboard the International Space Station. How would the strings vibrate? How would the sound propagate? Fortunately, I have to imagine it no longer. An astronaut reveals his musical experiences in space.Cmdr. Chris Hadfield, a Canadi... |
23 February 2012
10:02 GMT |
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Understanding the full extent of the influence that being exposed to microgravity has on human beings is absolutely essential for our ability to conquer space. Since it's economically unsound to conduct such experiments with astronauts, researchers are now turning to fruit flies for answers.
In a new set of tes... |
4 January 2012
05:15 GMT |
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An European gravity experiment installed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has just logged its 10,000th hour of research in space, officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) announce.
The Microgravity Science Glovebox could ultimately help researchers develop computers and electronic components that ... |
1 November 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Speaking at the 100-Year Starship Symposium held over the weekend, researchers drew attention to some of the challenges associated with multi-generation, long-term space exploration. One of these issues is human reproduction, since the spacecraft's population would have to be replenished in space.
Reaching an... |
3 October 2011
03:26 GMT |
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Engineers at the American start-up company Made in Space (MIS) announce the successful completion of the first round of tests carried out in microgravity using three-dimensional printers. The company plans to become a major player in supplying others with solutions for space-based manufacturing.While 3D printers are ... |
3 August 2011
10:49 GMT |
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Scientists have know for quite some time now that exposure to microgravity influences the way microorganisms develop. Some strains become more virulent, whereas others are less so. Experts are now conducting more research on the issue, in order to benefit future space explorers.There is currently no doubt that the fu... |
27 July 2011
02:59 GMT |
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Scientists have studied the effects of staying in outer space for prolonged periods of time, and thus far they managed to derive some pretty worrying conclusions. A new research adds to the growing body of evidence indicating the spending a lot of time in microgravity can harm the human immune system.These connection... |
2 June 2011
08:05 GMT |
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Working under a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), a private company in Canada is now investigating possible technologies that could be used in space, for drilling and mining. This will become very important in the future, as we extend our exploitations into outer space.Studies conducted on rocks collecte... |
12 May 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) say that the suborbital flight is the new frontier in space, providing a low-cost, shorter-duration alternative to fully-fledged orbital sorties. As such, the agency is currently accepting proposals about how suborbital flights could be best exploited.
When a spacecr... |
8 December 2010
05:42 GMT |
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According to a new set of investigations, it would appear that astronauts and future space travelers are at increased risks of suffering bone health issues related to their stay in microgravity than their peers who remain “trapped” on Earth.The investigation raises serious problems for manned space explor... |
8 November 2010
08:55 GMT |
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Investigators believe that we are still many years away from gaining the ability to procreate in space, a condition that is absolutely necessary if we are to explore the Universe deeper and farther than before. But scientific analysis suggests that exposure to microgravity influences the behavior of stem cells in a v... |
14 October 2010
08:41 GMT |
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Biological sciences could soon take a new leap forward, as the US National Institutes of Health just announced new grants to support three major studies on the International Space Station.The investigations could lead to impressive breakthroughs in a number of research fields, and the new grants therefore come at a v... |
17 September 2010
04:13 GMT |
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When traveling in space, astronauts are known to be at a higher risk of getting sick. This happens for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from the fact that they never get enough sleep to the size of their quarters, the effects of weightlessness, and the stress associated with their high-risk jobs, and with being awa... |
17 May 2010
06:56 GMT |
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The largest advantage that the International Space Station (ISS) has over any other scientific laboratory in the world is the fact that it can easily perform experiments under unique conditions. First and foremost, it's the only place where researchers can conduct experiments in microgravity. This opens up the w... |
28 January 2010
09:57 GMT |
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The next shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to take place in about five days, on November 16. Atlantis will then lift off from the Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, and will head to the orbital lab, delivering a new set of science equipment and experiments alon... |
11 November 2009
09:08 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA has officially launched the WING contest, addressed to 6th- to 9th-grade students. The “What If No Gravity?” initiative plans to attract the high-school youth in designing and constructing experiments to be dropped in a NASA Microgravity Environment, or DIME. These so-called... |
25 September 2009
10:20 GMT |
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US Department of Energy (DOE) Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist Rohit Trivedi now has all the reasons in the world to be filled with joy. His crystal-growth experiment, which he first dreamed of more than a decade ago, is finally aboard the International Space Station (ISS), in a microgravity environment. The DECLI... |
22 September 2009
05:36 GMT |
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Scientists working with the American space agency NASA have recently devised a new machine that allows them to simulate various levels of gravity. Made of high-capacity, super-conducting magnets, the device proved able to maintain a three-week-old mouse in 0-gravity. Because the rodent is very similar to us genetical... |
10 September 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Ever since astronauts started spending prolonged periods of time in space, on space stations, for instance, it has become obvious to space agencies that the effects of microgravity on the human body are to be reckoned with. The longer the stay, the greater the loss of bone and muscle mass that the astronauts report. ... |
23 July 2009
05:02 GMT |
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Back in 2004, a Soyuz rocket carried aboard the International Space Station a batch of roundworms (C. elegans), as part of a scientific study aimed at evaluating the exact effects that microgravity had on the creatures' physiology and development cycles. In a new study covering the experiments, researchers revea... |
10 July 2009
06:45 GMT |
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Microbiologists are about to have one of their dreams come true on May 5th, as NASA has decided to launch into orbit a new nanosatellite, dubbed PharmaSat, which will hopefully offer experts new insight into how gravity and speed affect the growth of fungal cultures and that of yeast. The Minotaur 1 launch vehicle, w... |
29 April 2009
03:40 GMT |
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NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus will return home to the United States on Saturday, after spending roughly 4 months in the weightlessness of Earth's lower orbit. She is bringing home a very distinct talent that is sure to leave all other women a bit jealous – the ability to cook at zero-gravity. And if you thi... |
25 March 2009
09:23 GMT |
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Since 1973, special airplanes dubbed “Vomit comets” (easy to figure out why) or, more nicely and officially, “Weightless wonders” help science by providing zero gravitation environments identical to those inside spacecraft. This is achieved via a special flight cycle comprised of abrupt 45°... |
12 November 2008
06:26 GMT |
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Fluids are very familiar to us all on Earth and they seem to be following strict rules, imposed by gravity, most of the times. Some results of this gravity acting on water, like waterfalls, are among nature's wonders that we all enjoy.But how does a fluid behave in space, where gravity is negligible? Rather wei... |
5 July 2007
10:09 GMT |
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