Sentences with phrase «international space studies»

In 2009, he attended the International Space Studies Program at NASA Center Ames in Silicon Valley, CA, and was awarded the prestigious Calder Prize later that year.

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«Thus, our Committee should study how to place radio broadcasting and television transmission by means of satellites under international control, preferably within the structure of the United Nations and perhaps through a space agency.

Budweiser is upholding its commitment to be the first beer on Mars by confirming upcoming experiments on the International Space Station with plans to send and study barley — one of its key ingredients — into space in early DeceSpace Station with plans to send and study barley — one of its key ingredients — into space in early Decespace in early December.

Torero, who now teaches at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, in Brisbane, Australia, first «got interested in fire after he left [his native] Peru to study engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he met researchers working on fire safety problems for the International Space Station,» Wade wrote.

It's a compelling thought experiment, and one that Adam Frank, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester, and Gavin Schmidt, the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, take up in a paper published in the International Journal of Astrobiology.

«The ice cores obtained through international collaborations were critical to the success of this study in that they allowed us to develop records from parts of Antarctica not often visited by U.S. - based scientists,» said co-author Tom Neumann of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, who participated in a Norway - U.S. traverse that collected several of the cores used in this study.

«Biofilms were rampant on the Mir space station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rspace station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rSpace Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.»

Previous research has tested how well radiation - exposed rats do with basic learning tasks and mazes, but this new Johns Hopkins study focused on tests that closely mimic the self - tests of fitness for duty currently used by astronauts on the International Space Station prior to mission - critical events such as space wSpace Station prior to mission - critical events such as space wspace walks.

Following up on the discovery, an international team of scientists led by the Swiss astronomer Vincent Bourrier from the Observatoire de l'Université de Genève, used the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study the amount of ultraviolet radiation received by the individual planets of the system.

Academic: includes lectures by international leaders in the different fields of science diplomacy (energy, environment, climate, water, global health, nuclear nonproliferation, space, etc.), exclusive online learning tools, interactive case studies, and experiential learning through role - playing exercises and simulations.

Now, there are plans to send a small kit to the International Space Station, where researchers can create a long - lasting BEC to study the nature of matter and, possibly, gravity.

The study is part of a program sponsored by the Hubble Space Telescope — an international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency — to look inside 23 massive clusters first catalogued in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

The NanoRacks Plate Reader, shown here, will enable in orbit analysis of research samples for certain studies aboard the International Space Station.

The Bone Densitometer developed by Techshot, Inc. will enable X-ray testing for research studies aboard the International Space Station.

It's not feasible to study the effects of cosmic rays on real astronauts, such as those living in the International Space Station, because many variables, including the stress of living on a spaceship, can affect cognition, says Patric Stanton, a cell biologist at New York Medical College in Valhalla.

The $ 2 - billion, 7.5 - ton Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, is destined to nestle along the backbone of the International Space Station, there to study charged particles streaming through sSpace Station, there to study charged particles streaming through spacespace.

On 21 May, NASA said it would allow the group to contact the International Sun - Earth Explorer - 3 (ISEE - 3), which studied space weather after its launch in 1978 and went on to study two comets.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council, which sets research priorities and disburses government monies, said that cost overruns have forced it to withdraw support from experiments, including the International Linear Collider (a proposed follow - up to the Large Hadron Collider) and a number of ground - based telescopes, as well as trim its investments in planned space missions such as the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early univespace missions such as the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early univeSpace Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early universe).

Flatworms that spent five weeks aboard the International Space Station are helping researchers led by Tufts University scientists to study how an absence of normal gravity and geomagnetic fields can have anatomical, behavioral, and bacteriological consequences, according to a paper to be published June 13 in Regeneration.

The Nature Communications study was inspired by simple experiments conducted in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

A once - favoured space probe to study dark energy is struggling to get off the ground, as three agencies in the United States and Europe tussle over the details of a potential international mission.

The International Space Station may be an even better place to study what happens when inhabited space vessels leak micrSpace Station may be an even better place to study what happens when inhabited space vessels leak micrspace vessels leak microbes.

Fresh insights are emerging from studying the «microsociety» onboard the International Space Station

The international team of astronomers in this study consists of L. Roth (Southwest Research Institute, USA; University of Cologne, Germany), J. Saur (University of Cologne, Germany), K. D. Retherford (Southwest Research Institute, USA), D. F. Strobel (The Johns Hopkins University, USA), P. D. Feldman (The Johns Hopkins University, USA), M. A. McGrath (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA), F. Nimmo (University of California, USA).

The International Space Station was an obvious choice for a study site, they said, because it's the place where astronauts have spent the most time (the ISS has been continuously occupied by rotating crews since 2000).

It will be performed for the first time in a pilot study on the International Space Station (ISS) on November 28.

Samples with immune cells are currently on their way up to the International Space Station (ISS) on the so - called Cellbox Mission, where they will be studied in an experiment.

A team headed by Professor Oliver Ullrich from the University of Zurich's Institute of Anatomy is now conducting an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) to study whether this also applies to human cells.

If Scott Kelly's recent yearlong stint in space isn't enough for you, scientists affiliated with the International Space Station (ISS) have conducted almost 1,800 investigations and published more than 1,100 studies since assembly of the station started in space isn't enough for you, scientists affiliated with the International Space Station (ISS) have conducted almost 1,800 investigations and published more than 1,100 studies since assembly of the station started in Space Station (ISS) have conducted almost 1,800 investigations and published more than 1,100 studies since assembly of the station started in 1998.

Torero got interested in fire after he left Peru to study engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he met researchers working on fire safety problems for the International Space Station.

Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) today announced six boxes of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) to study the impact of weightlessness on the heart.

«Fruit flies journey to International Space Station to study effects of zero gravity on the heart.»

In addition to planetary science, the new budget also allocates $ 1.243 billion for Commercial Crew (sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017), $ 2 billion for the Space Launch System (SLS), $ 1.921 billion for Earth Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD).

The first stage of the plan — which is already underway — focuses on testing technologies and studying the impact of long - duration missions and microgravity on human health through experiments conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

In a new study, a research team has tested various cardiovascular measures in six astronauts on long - term missions aboard the International Space Station.

Around 800 ants have been sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in an attempt to study their foraging behavior in low gravity conditions.

The study, which was led by Dr Andrew Westphal from Space Sciences Laboratory at University of California, Berkeley, was co-authored by Dr John Bridges from the University of Leicester's Department of Physics and Astronomy and an international team of scientists.

In a new study, a research team, which includes Western University kinesiology professor Kevin Shoemaker, has tested various cardiovascular measures in six astronauts on long - term missions aboard the International Space Station.

The Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a project of international collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind.

The Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a project of international collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA to study the Sun...

The three orbiting Expedition 55 crew members focused on maintenance of the International Space Station while studying Earth and biomedical sciences today.

While the International Space Station has provided an opportunity to study the longer - term effects of zero gravity, the Moon, which has one - sixth the gravity of Earth, might provide a better indication of how humans would fare on Mars.

A Kansas State University kinesiology study has found that astronauts aboard the International Space Station have decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body.

«We at the RadioAstron mission are truly happy that the unique combination of the Russian - made space radio telescope and the huge international ground array of the largest radio telescopes has allowed to study this young relativistic jet in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole», comments the RadioAstron Project Scientist, Professor Yuri Kovalev from the Lebedev Institute in Moscow.

Botanists from Ohio Weslyan University leverage the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to study root growth behaviors and sensory systems in an investigation known as Gravity Perception Systems (Plant Gravity Perception).

An international group of scientists led by German Hans - Walter Rix from the Max - Planck - Institut fur Astronomie in Heidelberg is studying 24 nearby disk galaxies, similar to our own Milky Way, using the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

MANHATTAN — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body, according to a Kansas State University kinesiology study.

In the new study, led by Benjamin Knox, a microbiology graduate student at University of Wisconsin - Madison, scientists compared two isolates of A. fumigatus that were isolated from the International Space Station to reference isolates from earth.

Additionally, AstroRad is expected to be used aboard the International Space Station beginning in 2019 for advanced ergonomic studies in microgravity.

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