microgravity
NASA seeks to understand vision changes due to microgravity
Posted in Medicine on 7th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
NASA hopes that a new experiment will shed light on the causes of vision loss and deformation to the structure of the eye often suffered by astronauts during a stay on the ISS.
3D printer to launch to the International Space Station
Posted in Hardware on 19th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
The Zero-G is the first 3D printer designed to operate in zero gravity and that it has carried out over 30,000 hours of testing, including 400 microgravity parabola flights.
Cancer Cells Tamed By Trip To Outer Space
Posted in Medicine on 1st Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Low-gravity experiments may point the way toward more effective treatments on Earth.
Virgin to double the number who have been to space by 2016
Posted in Featured, Hardware on 23rd Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller
Richard Branson also wants to get to 45 minute trips from USA to UK.
Spaces Microgravity Accelerates Biological Aging of Some Cells
Posted in Science on 3rd Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
Scientists Say microgravity accelerates cardiovascular disease and the biological aging of endothelial cells, the cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels.