Space Station Experiment Tests How Biofuel Crop Grows in Zero G
Technology Can space farms provide biofuels for a greener Earth? Future biofuels from space could be go for launch, if a space station experiment shows that microgravity can favorably affect the...
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Technology As Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off this morning -- setting a record for the most women simultaneously in space -- three other women on the ground looked to break some… As Space Shuttle...
View ArticleVideo: Japanese Astronaut Plays Baseball With Himself Aboard ISS
Technology He wins every time! The Japanese seem to have the most fun aboard the ISS, making space sushi and taking Twitpics. Now, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa has accomplished what so many...
View ArticleNavy's New Slab of Precision-Honed Granite--the World's Largest--Will Improve...
Technology Testing how objects act in microgravity is not limited to astronauts on the space station. On Earth, you could do it with the world’s largest air hockey table, made from a… Testing how...
View ArticleSpace-Born Jellyfish Hate Life On Earth
Technology Space babies get major vertigo on Earth after a microgravity childhood. A warning for future space colonizers: Babies born in space might not ever figure out how to deal with gravity....
View ArticleWhat Happens If You Have A Heart Attack In Space?
Technology I flew in zero-G with a team of college students testing a device that could save astronauts' lives. We're weightless, about 34,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, trying not to vomit from...
View ArticleMousetronauts To Live In Space For The Longest Stretch Yet
Space The record-breaking rodents will travel to the International Space Station this weekend. Among the 2.5 tons of cargo that's set to go up to the International Space Station this weekend, there...
View ArticleHeadline From 2030: Is Your Space Commute Making You Sick?
Health Microbiomes undergo weird changes in space Muscle loss, lack of balance, backaches: human bodies act in strange ways in space. But scientists are only now starting to understand the changes...
View ArticleWatch This Zero G NASA Drone Concept Fly And Climb Through The Space Station
Space Flying crawling space robots. Cool, not nightmares. We think of flying as escaping gravity. How could it be anything else, when vehicles leave the ground and soar through the sky? It’s much more...
View ArticleWatch A Fizzy Orb Float Through The Space Station In 4K
Space The RED Epic Dragon camera makes everything look beautiful, including antacids Mankind’s outpost in space, the International Space Station, does a lot of important research. But the astronauts...
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