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Immune system compromised during spaceflight, study finds
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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Astronauts are known to have a higher risk of getting sick compared to their Earth-bound peers. The stresses that go with weightlessness, confined crew quarters, being away from family and friends and a busy work schedule - all the while not getting enough sleep - are known to wreak havoc on the immune system. (2010-05-14)
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers To Send Bacteria Into Orbit Aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts. (2010-05-11)
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As butterflies journey north, Monarch Watch opens doors and encourages gardens
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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It has been a hard winter for Monarch butterflies, according to Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas. Taylor said that low temperatures, storms and habitat destruction have all threatened the butterflies' overwintering population in Mexico. (2010-05-11)
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Starry-eyed Hubble celebrates 20 Years of awe and discovery
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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The best recognised, longest-lived and most prolific space observatory zooms past a milestone of 20 years of operation. On 24 April 1990, the Space Shuttle and crew of STS-31 were launched to deploy the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope into a low-Earth orbit. What followed was one of the most remarkable sagas of the space age. (2010-04-26)
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UI researchers analyze implications of 'intelligent design' for human behavior
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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Although evolutionists and creationists strongly disagree about the role that intelligent design plays in the origins of bodies and brains, they curiously agree about the role that intelligent design plays in the origins of human inventiveness. (2010-04-14)
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Out of this world: new study investigates infection of human cells in space
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the unique conditions of spaceflight will be used to examine how cells remain healthy or succumb to disease, particularly in the face of stress or damage. (2010-04-05)
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University of Colorado student-built satellite selected for flight by NASA
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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A tiny communications satellite designed and built by University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduates has been selected as one of three university research satellites to be launched into orbit in November as part of a NASA space education initiative. (2010-01-28)
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Goddard team develops new carriers for space station
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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In a partnership that exemplifies One NASA, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. teamed up with engineers at NASA's Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers to design, build, and test five new ExPRESS Logistics Carriers, or ELCs, which will be delivered to the International Space Station. (2009-11-16)
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Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. (2009-11-13)
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CU-Boulder Butterfly Payload to Launch Nov. 16 on Space Shuttle
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across the nation. (2009-11-11)
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Adapting Space-Industry Technology to Treat Breast Cancer
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used to predict tissue damage often experienced by breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. (2009-11-03)
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New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and could be manufactured on the moon, Mars and other water-bearing bodies. (2009-10-08)
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A woman in space
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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In the early years of the "space race" (1957-1975) two men sought to test a scientifically simple yet culturally complicated theory: that women might be innately better suited for space travel than men. (2009-10-07)
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ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to NRL's Electronics Science and Technology Division to begin experiment testing and analysis. (2009-09-30)
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More Space Shuttle Current Events and Space Shuttle News
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09/09/2010 01:28 AM
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