The mission, says Reichert, is «to understand the impact
of the microgravity environment on the structure, delivery method, and purification» of these types of compounds.
Experiments included studies
of the microgravity environment, such as growing protein crystals, and studying the basic properties of flames and liquids.
ACE - M - 1 testing will take advantage
of the microgravity environment of station to study how microscopic particles spread out and clump together in gels and creams.
Not exact matches
Dean Cheng
of the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. «And the main purpose
of this is two things: one, to practice docking maneuvers, and two, to allow Chinese astronauts to have a little more extended time in a
microgravity environment.»
Richard Garriott's own artistry — an interpretation
of the «action painting» made famous by Jackson Pollock — took advantage
of the ISS's
microgravity environment.
Some
of the seeds were allowed to grow in the ISS's
microgravity environment, others were grown inside a centrifuge to simulate Earth's gravity.
«In space, it's an extreme example
of neuroplasticity in the brain because you're in a
microgravity environment 24 hours a day,» Seidler said.
But the team is wary
of upsetting the lander, which came to rest in a precarious position on its side in November after bouncing around the comet in its
microgravity environment.
«The
microgravity environment of the International Space Station is now being used for myriad lines
of research, for example: vaccine development, finding novel molecular targets against drug - resistant pathogens, and testing
of molecules to be used against osteoporosis or cancer,» Zea says.
«A more complete understanding
of the yeast adaptation response to extreme
environments, such as
microgravity, and the risks associated with potential infection is vital for long - term crew health and safety.
A set
of crucial immunity genes do not turn on in a simulated
microgravity environment, suggest the results
of a new study.
«Disuse osteopenia is the same disease that astronauts get when they're in
microgravity environments for long periods
of time,» Caird said.
Yet studies suggesting that astronauts who spent time in space developed diabetes - like symptoms link
microgravity with metabolism and point toward the liver, the major organ
of metabolism, as a possible target
of the space
environment.
But what happens in the
microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears?
Eureca, developed by the European Space Agency, highlights a dramatic change in fortune for the science
of microgravity — the study
of materials and living matter in an
environment where the effects
of gravity are small.
«As interest in space travel grows — for both research and commercial aims — it is increasingly important to understand the effect a
microgravity environment can have on the human heart for both the traveler and their potential future children,» said Karen Ocorr, Ph.D., assistant professor
of the Development, Aging and Regeneration Program at SBP.
Both eggs and parents that will lay eggs onboard the ISS will be sent, enabling study
of flies that have spent their whole life in an almost zero —
microgravity —
environment.
The researchers, led by Hokkaido University Professor Emeritus Yoshinori Furukawa, hoped to use the
microgravity conditions
of space to accurately measure the normal growth rates
of crystal faces, as convective flow does not occur in this
environment.
The APEX - 06 experiment investigates the growth
of the common grass species Brachypodium distachyon in the
microgravity environment of space.
The long stay for Kelly and Kornienko should provide valuable information on the effects
of long - term living in a
microgravity environment — considered important for planning future deep - space missions to asteroids and Mars.
One mission
of the Microbial Observatory Experiments on the International Space Station is to examine the traits and diversity
of fungal isolates, to gain a better understanding
of how fungi may adapt to
microgravity environments and how this may affect interactions with humans in closed habitats.
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).
The company's work has caught NASA's eye, and it has been selected for a Phase II STTR award to explore the production
of biopolymers in a
microgravity environment: