NASA | Science and Enterprise

Students Form Microsatellite Rocket Launch Company

By Alan, on April 5th, 2018%

Current and former Purdue University engineering students transformed their interest in rocketry into a new enterprise for launching small lower-cost satellites into low-earth orbit from high-altitude balloons. . . . → Read More: Students Form Microsatellite Rocket Launch Company

Continuous Flow Manufacturing In Space Station Test

By Alan, on January 5th, 2018%

Among the experiments carried to the International Space Station in mid-December is a test of continuous separations of one liquid from another, used in drug and chemical manufacturing. . . . → Read More: Continuous Flow Manufacturing In Space Station Test

Techniques Devised to Speed-Up Plant Breeding

By Alan, on January 2nd, 2018%

Plant scientists in Australia and the U.K. developed a process that sharply cuts the amount of time needed to produce new breeds of plant crops including commercial varieties of wheat. . . . → Read More: Techniques Devised to Speed-Up Plant Breeding

Will We Live To See Mars Colonized?

By Alan, on November 22nd, 2017%

Humanity has overcome some pretty steep odds in the past, so who knows. Is colonizing Mars actually viable? . . . → Read More: Will We Live To See Mars Colonized?

Parkinson’s Protein Experiment in Space Station Cargo

By Alan, on August 14th, 2017%

An experiment to grow a crystallized form of protein associated with Parkinson’s disease is among the cargo that lifted off today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Protein Experiment in Space Station Cargo

Organ Chips to be Studied on Space Station

By Alan, on June 21st, 2017%

A range of biological functions will be assessed with model organs on plastic chips in a series of experiments on the International Space Station. . . . → Read More: Organ Chips to be Studied on Space Station

Cancer Center to Test Focused Radiation Therapy

By Alan, on June 12th, 2017%

MD Anderson Cancer Center is testing new radiation treatments for cancer designed to reduce adverse side effects of conventional radiation therapy. . . . → Read More: Cancer Center to Test Focused Radiation Therapy

Stem Cells Launched on Current SpaceX Flight

By Alan, on February 20th, 2017%

Yesterday’s SpaceX launch from NASA’s Kennedy Spaceflight Center includes a shipment of adult stem cells to test their growth and proliferation in weightless conditions. . . . → Read More: Stem Cells Launched on Current SpaceX Flight

Spacecraft Returns with Space Station Research Samples

By Alan, on August 26th, 2016%

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returned today with samples from several biomedical research studies conducted by astronauts on the International Space Station. . . . → Read More: Spacecraft Returns with Space Station Research Samples

Report from Maker Faire: Plastic Recycling Made in Space

By Alan, on June 20th, 2016%

Report from Maker Faire: Made In Space and Lowe’s stores displayed a system that recycles polyethylene plastic bags and bottles into filament for 3-D printers. . . . → Read More: Report from Maker Faire: Plastic Recycling Made in Space