Members of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics at UH think SpaceX’s 2020 crewed rocket launches open doors for the future of space travel. | Renee Josse De Lisle/The Cougar
Space travel achievements by SpaceX in 2020 have been inspiring for UH students interested in aerospace and astronautics.
The American aerospace manufacturer partnered with NASA to launch a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on Nov. 15 aboard the first NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft. It was the company’s second launch with humans on board, the first making history in May as the first commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft to travel to the International Space Station.
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Space travel can adversely impact energy production in a cell -- ScienceDaily
The findings appeared November 25, 2020, in Cell and are part of a larger compendium of research into health aspects of space travel that appears concurrently in Cell, Cell Reports, Cell Systems, Patterns , and iScience .
"My group's research efforts centered around muscle tissue from mice that were sent into space and were compared with analyses by other scientists who studied different mouse tissue," says Evagelia C. Laiakis, PhD, an associate professor of oncology at Georgetown. "Although we each studied different tissue, we all came to the same conclusion: that mitochondrial function was adversely impacted by space travel."
Space travel: NASA grows radishes in space under microgravity: Food and the future of space travel
NASA's astronauts onboard its Artemis III mission, slated to take humans to the lunar south by 2024, or its first manned mission to Mars expected to launch in the late 2020s, are going to need a lot of help when it comes to nutrition. Carrying pre-packaged meals for long-duration missions like the 2.5 year-long one to the Red Planet could prove to be unfeasible given that food takes up a lot of weight.
This is why NASA is investing heavily in research to identify ways in which astronauts can grow plants in space and on extraterrestrial terrains. In late November, Kate Rubins, a NASA astronaut onboard the International Space Station shared images of the 20 radish plants she had grown in the ISS' Advanced Plant Habitat. The radish harvest was part of NASA's plant experiment, Plant Habitat-02 (PH-02) that seeks to understand how plants grow in microgravity conditions.
To study aging, scientists are looking to outer space
NASA astronauts Terry Virts (right) and Scott Kelly perform experiments for Rodent Research-2, a commercial investigation of the effects of spaceflight on the muscles, skeletons, and nervous systems of mice that were launched to the ISS on April 14, 2015.
"The entire body is affected, because [space] is such a different and extreme environment," says Susan Bailey , a radiologist at Colorado State University who participated in multiple of the new studies.
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Louisiana Tech professor sends home-grown technology to International Space Station | Louisiana
When SpaceX CSR-21 launches from the Kennedy Space Center Dec. 5, a small piece of Louisiana Tech University ingenuity will be on board. The tool will hopefully provide significant enhancement to the bioanalytical capabilities of the International Space Station (ISS) and impact how future space biology genetic research is conducted.
Dr. Gergana Nestorova, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, in collaboration with payload developer Dr. Niel Crews, Senior Engineer at nou Systems, Inc., has developed a one-step gene sampling tool that integrates with the existing Cepheid PCR instrument on ISS to provide a faster and more efficient method for genetic screening of biological specimens.
SpaceWaves: How NASA fits into commercialization of space (with video) - FreightWaves
SpaceWaves keynote speaker Mark Wiese answers questions about the role of NASA and private space investment
No one knows how the space market is going to pan out, but three NASA leaders recommend venture capitalists look for opportunities that are commercially viable as well as beneficial to governments.
During the SpaceWaves virtual forum Thursday, Dooner and The Dude chatted about commercial opportunities in space with Mark Wiese, manager of deeper space logistics for NASA's Gateway Program; Max Briggs, acting NASA ITech Program executive; and Mark McDonald, chief architect of the Space Technology Mission Directorate.
To study ageing, scientists are looking to outer space | National Geographic
Twins Scott and Mark Kelly formed part of a study into the effects of spaceflight on human health. While Scott (right) was on the ISS, Mark remained on Earth – which meant an insightful physiological comparison was possible when Scott returned home.
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NASA astronauts Terry Virts (right) and Scott Kelly perform experiments for Rodent Research-2, a commercial investigation of the effects of spaceflight on the muscles, skeletons, and nervous systems of mice that were launched to the ISS on April 14, 2015.
FAA approves SpaceX's Starship launch to 50,000 feet - ExpressNews.com
At the SpaceX launch facility in Boca Chica — near the mouth of the Rio Grande — Starship SN8 stands in the coastal breeze, ready to blastoff to roughly 50,000 feet sometime soon.
The craft’s planned flight, its first above 500 feet, will also test its ability to glide and land vertically on a pad near its launch site.
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Starship’s launch window is from 9 a.m. Friday through 6 p.m. Sunday, according to an update Wednesday from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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