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MinIon handheld sequencing device (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) 30 September 2015. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will take part in experiments testing the feasibility of a portable DNA sequencing device in space. The proof-of-concept test of the hand-held MinIon DNA sequencing device is a project of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The MinIon, made . . . → Read More: NASA to Test Hand-Held DNA Sequencer in Space Station  Comments are closed  Joint ventures/collaborations  biomedical, engineering, genomics, life sciences, medical device, nanotechnology, NASA, physical sciences, space, U.K., university Red romaine lettuce grown on the International Space Station (NASA) 10 August 2015. Astronauts in Expedition 44 on the International Space Station plan to eat fresh leafy vegetables today grown in their own lab. The red romaine lettuce on their menus is grown in a plant system, nicknamed Veggie — officially known as Veg-01 . . . → Read More: Astronauts to Eat Space-Grown Vegetables Comments are closed New products agriculture, engineering, life sciences, NASA, physical sciences, software, space Mars surface and atmosphere, from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission. (NASA.gov) 8 May 2015. NASA is asking the public for ideas on ways to establish a long-term presence of Mars in a new challenge offered by InnoCentive. The competition has a total purse of $15,000 and a deadline for submissions . . . → Read More: NASA Challenge Seeks Elements for Human Presence on Mars One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance challenge, engineering, life sciences, NASA, physical sciences, space Students and professors from the USAF Test Pilot School and University of Illinois. Naira Hovakimyan is second from the left. (Rebecca Amber, USAF) 20 March 2015. U.S. Air Force pilots tested a new flight control system designed by engineers at University of Illinois that automatically adapts aircraft to changing conditions faster than most human . . . → Read More: New Adaptive Aircraft Control System Flight Tested Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations, New products engineering, entrepreneurs, licensing, mathematics, NASA, physical sciences, physics, software, university Salmonella bacteria (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 12 December 2014. The next launch of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station will carry a set of specially-configured petri dishes testing the effect of microgravity on the virulence of salmonella bacteria. The research is the work of microbiologists at Arizona State University . . . → Read More: SpaceX Mission to Carry University Pathogen Research Comments are closed Joint ventures/collaborations engineering, life sciences, NASA, physical sciences, software, space, university Flock 1 satellite fleet (Planet Labs) Planet Labs, a geoscience and data analytics company in San Francisco, launched two more earth imaging satellites in its Dove series, designed to demonstrate the company’s technologies. The satellites, Dove 3 and Dove 4, were launched as payloads on a Russian Dnepr rocket. The company launched Dove 1 . . . → Read More: Planet Labs Launches Two More Earth Imaging Satellites Comments are closed New products engineering, entrepreneurs, NASA, physical sciences, physics, space, venture capital Paulo Lozano (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A research group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed propulsion systems for miniature space satellites that can help prevent these research devices becoming harmful space clutter. Aeronautics and astronautics professor Paulo Lozano and colleagues from MIT’s Space Propulsion Lab discussed their work at the recent Joint Propulsion Conference . . . → Read More: Propulsion Systems Created for Micro Space Satellites One comment - (Comments are closed) New products energy, engineering, NASA, physical sciences, physics, space, university Dragon capsule (Space Exploration Technologies) NASA signed new agreements today with three American companies to design and develop the next round of U.S. human space flights, succeeding the Space Shuttle and leading to a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years. The agreements, which call for a base development period . . . → Read More: NASA Awards Contracts for Commercial Human Space Flights One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, contract, engineering, NASA, physical sciences, physics, robotics, space Dragon capsule (SpaceX Corp.) Update: 31 May 2012 NASA reports that the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:42 a.m. EDT a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico, marking the completion of the first mission by a commercial company to resupply the International Space Station. The capsule earlier . . . → Read More: SpaceX Dragon Capsule Docks at Space Station [Updated] One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations engineering, entrepreneurs, NASA, physical sciences, physics, robotics, space Atlas V rocket launches NASA's Juno planetary probe (Scott Andrews/NASA) Nanocomp Technologies Inc. in Concord, New Hampshire, a developer of materials and component products from carbon nanotubes, says that its nanotube-based sheet material has been incorporated into NASA’s Juno spacecraft launched on 5 August. The material, called Emshield, is expected to provide protection against . . . → Read More: Carbon Nanotube Material Used on NASA Jupiter Mission Comments are closed New products engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, NASA, physical sciences, space |
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