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Learn more about the role of this powerful reusable rocket technology in the planned Mars mission of the spaceflight firm.

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A mission called STS - 1 — short for Space Transportation System - 1 — was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's space shuttle program.

More than three decades after the launch of the first space shuttle mission (and three years after the last one), investment in new human spaceflight systems is back with an intensity the aerospace industry hasn't seen since the heady days of the Space Race.

Unlike more consumer - focused space exploration missions, like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic — which will take passengers into sub-orbital spaceflight for $ 200,000 — Golden Spike's founder says its company's clientele will be comprised mainly of governments and corporations.

«Future spaceflight missions could involve four to six crew members living in a confined space for an extended period of time, with limited communication.

One of NASA's goals is to minimize the health risks associated with extended spaceflight, so it is critical that methods for preventing and treating spaceflight - induced illnesses be developed before astronauts embark upon long - duration space missions.

The CRaTER observations have validated the models and the ground - based measurements, meaning that lightweight shielding materials could safely be used for long missions, provided their structural properties can be made adequate to withstand the rigors of spaceflight.

«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.»

Here's a rundown of the top 11 spaceflight stories of 2011, from the last mission of NASA's venerable space shuttle program to China's first - ever docking of two spaceships in Earth orbit

MRIs before and after space missions reveal that astronauts» brains compress and expand during spaceflight, according to a University of Michigan study.

Mission 5 of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is scheduled to launch to the space station on July 11.

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The companies say this mission was an important first step in the development of high - density, nonvolatile, carbon nanotube — based memories for spaceflight applications.

The private spaceflight firm SpaceX launched its sixth cargo mission to the International Space Station, but failed a test of a reusable rocket

Human spaceflight researchers believe crew autonomy will be critical on a Mars mission, mostly because of the hundreds of millions of miles that will delay communications.

It is one in a series of project lifecycle milestones that every spaceflight mission for the agency passes as it progresses toward launch.

Britain has a long - standing policy of avoiding any programs of the European Space Agency that involve human spaceflight, focusing its efforts on robotic science missions, earth observation, and the commercial exploitation of space.

Many would therefore argue that the seminal event in spaceflight last year was not the final mission of Atlantis but the continuing evolution of SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's two - pilot, six - passenger spacefaring rocket ship.

Because loss of bone mineral density is known to occur on spaceflight missions, we need more data regarding health effects, including bone health, with long - term use of hormone treatments not just for contraception (as most women use them), but also for the less - common use to suppress menses.»

In a discovery with implications for long - term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that mice flown aboard the space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth with early signs of liver disease.

Now scientists have developed a new tool that can look for signs of life with 10,000 times more sensitivity than instruments carried on previous spaceflight missions.

Kring says that even given the uncertainties in the future of manned spaceflight in the U.S., the lunar orbiter is a mission whose time has come.

Despite the importance of cognitive performance for mission success, little is known about how cognition is affected by prolonged spaceflight, and what aspects of cognition are primarily affected.

Flight - test data gleaned during a Red Dragon mission would be available to NASA at a fraction of the cost and about a decade sooner than NASA could do it, Philip McAlister, director of NASA's Commercial Spaceflight Development Division in Washington, D.C., told a colloquium last week.

The Project Mercury astronaut data can be of interest to operators of future commercial space flights as the short duration of the Mercury missions is similar to that of planned future tourist spaceflight opportunities.

But the results of two NASA collaborative investigations — Validation of Procedures for Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function (Integrated Immune) and Clinical Nutrition Assessment of ISS Astronauts, SMO - 016E (Clinical Nutrition Assessment)-- recently published in the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research suggest that spaceflight may temporarily alter the immune system of crew members flying long duration missions aboard the International Space Station.

The team's project was titled «Plant germination during spaceflight to test for adaptability of crops in long term space missions.»

Still, committee members and witnesses alike advocated for restoring human missions to the surface of the Moon to NASA's human spaceflight plan.

During her 2008 campaign Clinton said she was «committed to a space exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.»

Ferguson's last spacecraft, NASA's space shuttle Atlantis, already was built and had achieved veteran spaceflight status years before «Fergie», as he is known, climbed into the commander's seat for the last of the shuttle missions in 2011.

While seedlings from Plant Gravity Perception will not wind up on astronauts» plates, their studied growth furthers our knowledge of perceptual thresholds and makes selecting appropriate garden greens likely to thrive in space easier for future long duration spaceflight, including exploration missions beyond low - Earth orbit.

«The role of TESS in many ways is to serve as a bridge between Kepler and other anticipated missions,» Ricker told Spaceflight Insider.

NOAA will manage the DSCOVR mission, giving advanced warning of approaching solar storms with the potential to cripple electrical grids, disrupt communication systems, throw off GPS navigation, reroute air travel, affect satellite operations and endanger human spaceflight.

Known to Mars Society staff and friends as «Gary», he was a strong advocate of a human mission to the planet Mars, as well as human spaceflight in general.

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The company's leadership team includes Chief Executive Officer Frank Bunger, who is a serial entrepreneur and technology start - up executive credited with multiple startups under his belt; Chief Technology Officer David Jarvis — a lifelong entrepreneur, human spaceflight engineer, and payload developer with breadth and depth in the management and operations of the International Space Station (ISS); Chief Architect Frank Eichstadt, who is an industrial designer and space architect credited with being the principal architect on the ISS Enterprise module; and Chief Operating Officer Marv LeBlanc — a former general manager and program manager with decades of executive space experience running operations and mission control.

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