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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission — and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role. Engineers working on NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at theContinue reading “NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Deep space exploration requires a paradigm shift in astronaut medical support toward Earth-independent medical operations. Currently, astronauts rely on real-time communication with ground-based medical providers. However, as the distance from Earth increases, so do communication delays and disruptions. Deep space exploration crews will need to autonomously detect, diagnose, treat, andContinue reading “A Clinical Decision Support System for Earth-independent Medical Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In a new scientific paper funded by an Ames Space Biology grant, Principal Investigator Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory strains of the bacterial species Enterobacter bugandensis isolated from the International Space Station (ISS) were studied. Thirteen strains of E. bugandensis, a bacterium notorious for being multi-drug resistant,Continue reading “Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Spaceflight Atrophy Studied with Machine Learning Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct On-demand Nutrient Production System for Long-duration Missions A Clinical Decision Support System for Earth-independent Medical Operations in Space

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On-demand nutrient production system for long-duration missions When astronauts embark on long space missions, they’ll need to grow their own food because pre-packaged meals from Earth lose their nutritional value over time. The BioNutrients project at Ames Research Center’s Space Biosciences Division has solved this problem by using genetic engineering toContinue reading “BioNutrients Flight Experiments”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Background: Even intense exercise by astronauts cannot compensate for muscle atrophy caused by microgravity. Atrophy occurs, in part, by way of an underlying mechanism that regulates calcium uptake. Recent research has shown exposure to spaceflight alters the uptake of calcium in muscles. However, the molecular mechanisms that drive these changesContinue reading “Spaceflight Atrophy Studied with Machine Learning”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has confirmed its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s organic-rich moon Titan. The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science instruments. “Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad community interest, and we areContinue reading “NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan Confirmed”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After investigating the high-standing bedrock at the Bunsen Peak workspace deep within the Margin Unit, the unique nature and composition of this rock was deemed worthy for collection of Perseverance’s 24th rock core sample, Comet Geyser! Bunsen Peak is named after a prominent peak in Yellowstone National, Park, Wyoming, USA,Continue reading “Comet Geyser: Perseverance’s 24th Rock Core”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY BioNutrients-3 Kefir Growth Experiment Completed During Analog Astronaut Mission From March 4 to 9 at the Hawaiian Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) located on Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island, NASA Ames Scientist Katie Fisher participated as Mission Commander for the 6-day lunar analog. During the mission, sheContinue reading “BioNutrients-3 Experiment Completed During Analog Astronaut Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Did you know the Sun has moss? Due to its resemblance to the earthly plants, scientists have named a small-scale, bright, patchy structure made of plasma in the solar atmosphere “moss.” This moss, which was first identified in 1999 by NASA’s TRACE mission, blossoms around the center of a sunspotContinue reading “NASA Observations Find What Helps Heat Roots of ‘Moss’ on Sun”