CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Even by using the tools at his disposal at the Adler Planetarium situated along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Director of Astronomy Geza Gyuk acknowledges there is a limit to what he can see and do in understanding the cosmos.
"We've got a 24-inch telescope in the back of the Adler. It's not a great place to do observing because of all the light pollution from Chicago," he explained to VOA in an interview via Skype.
Gyuk said he and many other astronomers around the world depend on experiments and equipment — like the Hubble Telescope — deployed by astronauts above Earth's atmosphere to help them not only "see" the cosmos in new and different ways, but also to see the Earth from above.
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New era in human space travel set to begin - Video - CityNews Toronto
Long Space Flights Cause Fluid Build-up in the Brain – Sciworthy
In this study, the researchers used an MRI machine, a medical device that scans the brain and takes pictures of it using magnetic fields. They took pictures of the brains of 11 astronauts who volunteered for the study. Of these 11 astronauts, 5 had previously traveled and 6 had no spaceflight experience. The average exposure to microgravity was around 171 days.
Results showed changes in the cerebrospinal fluid of astronauts. Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear liquid that protects our brain and spinal cord by absorbing shock. Imagine trying to punch someone underwater. Unless you're a professional underwater boxer, you'll probably be slower and weaker as the water is absorbing most of the punch. Similarly, when a person is hit in the head, cerebrospinal fluid cushions the blow and minimizes any serious damage to the brain.
Former NASA engineer - now a Southern University professor - eagerly awaits SpaceX launch and
BATON ROUGE - It's been more than 50 years since Morgan Watson left his position as a NASA engineer, but ahead of Wednesday's SpaceX launch, the event still brings the Southern professor good memories and hope for more space exploration in the future.
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"We've come a long way, and we've got a long way to go," Watson said. "I think this is a step in the right direction."
As two American astronauts prepare to liftoff from Cape Canaveral, for the first time in nearly a decade, emotions from launch days came flooding back.
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Space X launch: Why we're rocketing men into space -- even in the middle of a pandemic (opinion)
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(CNN) So we're back to scanning the skies along Florida's northeast coast for clouds -- to see whether it's clear out enough that we can shoot a rocket into space with two people in it.
Terrestrial bacteria can grow on nutrients from space | EurekAlert! Science News
Interest in space exploration is increasing again. In the past decade, there has been renewed thinking about missions to the moon, perhaps even to Mars. As inevitable fellow travellers on the bodies of astronauts, spaceships, or equipment, terrestrial microorganisms will undoubtedly come into contact with extraterrestrial environments.
No matter how well astronauts and material are decontaminated, co-travelling microorganisms into space cannot be prevented. Given the enormous adaptability potential of bacteria, it is conceivable that they will sometimes survive space travel and be able to settle in an extraterrestrial environment.
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West Side Rag » Wednesday: Museum of Natural History Will Hold Special Online Event for
Private company SpaceX will be sending a man into space on Wednesday, the first human flight from the U.S. in nearly a decade. To mark the event, the Museum of Natural History is holding a Spacefest online so people can watch the launch and learn about it from the museum’s experts.
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Well, no. The Russians have been sending people into space on a pretty regular basis. This is the first _American_ flight in nearly a decade.
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Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon will lift off from Launch Complex 39A – the same place Saturn V launched humanity to the M… https://t.co/6lmpnBA0sY SpaceX (from Hawthorne, CA) Mon May 25 23:22:50 +0000 2020
Team is performing additional pre-flight checkouts of Falcon 9, Crew Dragon, and the ground support system ahead of… https://t.co/xCxs7btGLo SpaceX (from Hawthorne, CA) Tue May 26 13:10:48 +0000 2020
Tomorrow, @AstroBehnken & @Astro_Doug become the 1st humans to launch to the @Space_Station from American soil sinc… https://t.co/FLwTnLSGyA NASA Tue May 26 20:58:41 +0000 2020
For the first time since 2011, NASA astronauts are scheduled to launch from U.S. soil to the International Space St… https://t.co/phVXyDD9NX nytimes (from New York City) Wed May 27 01:00:11 +0000 2020
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