As a systems biologist, Afshin Beheshti studies how multiple parts of the body work together. He works for KBR at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. KBR is a research and engineering company. Beheshti is part of a team of researchers who wanted to know how spaceflight might affect cells and tissues. "It's a basic question," he notes. When in space, "is there some sort of master switch that occurs in your body's biology?"
The team consulted NASA GeneLab . It's a collection of data from past space biology experiments. The scientists studied cells and tissues from mice and people. They were looking for a possible chemical fingerprint of space travel. To do this, they compared space travelers with others that had remained on Earth.
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Does Space Travel Damage the Powerhouse of the Cell? | Science Times
The findings could help guide future treatments for astronauts in long-distance voyages like trips to Mars or even further.
A recent study published in the journal Cell analyzed the largest cohort of data from astronauts. Utilizing multi-omics analysis in collaboration with NASA"s GeneLab, scientists determine that mitochondrial dysregulation may be the driving force of spaceflight health risks.
Afshin Beheshti, a systems biologist and co-author of the research, studies how different bodywork parts work together. Working for KBR at NASA's Ames Research Center in California, he and his team wanted to identify how spaceflight affects astronauts' cells and tissues.
Quite a lot has been going on:
'Battle of the billionaires' ignites future of commercial space travel
There is a lot of excitement about the future of commercial space travel, all because Jeff Bezos will focus less on Amazon and more on his passion project, Blue Origin.
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With Jeff Bezos stepping down as CEO of Amazon, he will have more time to focus on his space flight company, Blue Origin, giving Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, a run for its money.
Bezos’ personal passion project Blue Origin has set a goal of transforming space travel. They plan to continue building more rockets and engines to launch people and other payloads to space.
US billionaires vie to make space the next business frontier | Investing | The Guardian
Most of the industry is focused on IT, but experts believe the billionaires' efforts are about to usher in a new era, with the start of space tourism, manufacturing and more. Google co-founder Larry Page has backed Planetary Resources, a startup hoping to mine asteroids.
Cheaper technology – such as "cubesats" the size of a loaf of bread – mean more players can turn their eyes skywards. A global wave of investors looking for returns has loosed a wave of easy money, much of it through special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) – "blank-cheque" vehicles that raise money on stock exchanges before boldly going to look for investments.
Pennsylvania billionaire buys a SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NASA Is Offering $500K To Feed Astronauts Fresh Food In Space
Do you have a passion for food? (Hello, yes you do, that's why you're here!!). How about a passion for space travel? Well if you're savvy enough about both, NASA wants to give you up to $500,000 to figure out a way to get astronauts fresh food while on deep space missions. No biggie, right?
That's where you come in! Solve the problem of figuring out how to get fresh and healthy food that can safely and easily be grown and harvested on a ship and you've got yourself a winner! The competition's page also notes that such a solution, which would make efficient use of volume, water, and other constraints, could be used to benefit areas facing hunger and food shortages on Earth. Win-Win!
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