Press Releases by Industry

2014-03-19 | NASA studies effects of confinement and isolation.

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2014-03-14 | The Microbial Ecology Research Combining Citizen and University Researchers on the International Space Station project (Project MERCCURI) is a crowdsourced effort to send a litany of microbes to the space station for research.

2014-03-13 | The University of Sydney is committed to promoting and imparting the transformative power of education

2014-03-12 | Funds Earmarked Specifically for Pancreatic Cancer Research

2014-03-11 | A team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif. led the development of the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science investigation, NASA's first optical communication experiment from the space station, which launches March 16 aboard SpaceX-3.

2014-03-08 | NASA announces twin study investigations.

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2014-03-07 | NASA is building new technologies to refuel and repair existing satellites in orbit. After concluding a successful ground-based test of robotic satellite refueling technology, NASA is preparing for a new round of demonstrations on the space station.

2014-03-05 | Researchers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., developed a sophisticated piece of flight hardware called a Lightning Imaging Sensor to detect and locate lightning over the tropical region of the globe.

2014-03-04 | With many small, relatively inexpensive satellites deploying from the space station, it may seem like low-Earth orbit is full of these compact cubes conducting research and demonstration missions.

2014-03-03 | Some tumors seem to be much less aggressive in space compared to their behavior on Earth, which could help scientists understand the mechanism involved and develop drugs targeting tumors that don't respond to current treatments.

2014-03-03 | Amateur archaeologist and historian Ronald Bodtcher creates the WanderingBoulder.com website to document his discovery and to analyze the boulder's Fremont Indian, Mormon Pioneer and Spanish Explorer markings.

2014-02-28 | A new study, MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Cultured Human Fibroblast in Space - Micro-7 for short - will examine the effect of gravity on DNA damage and repair.

2014-02-27 | The Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA's Ames Research Center is working to upgrade the smartphones currently equipped on a trio of volleyball-sized free-flying satellites on the space station.

2014-02-27 | A process investigated aboard the space station known as microencapsulation is able to more effectively produce tiny, liquid-filled, biodegradable micro-balloons containing specific combinations of concentrated anti-tumor drugs.

2014-02-26 | Four current and upcoming SPHERES technology demonstrations are of particular significance to robotics engineers, rocket launch companies, NASA exploration and anyone who uses communications systems on Earth.

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2014-02-26 | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosts minorities in STEM workshop.

2014-02-17 | Mr. Mason's fascination with science as a child led him into his present career

2014-02-17 | Research astrologer says popular press accounts distort the way astrology works in our lives

2014-02-12 | A new fleet of 28 small satellites made by Planet Labs, called Flock 1, is considered the largest single constellation of Earth-imaging satellites ever to launch into space. They began deploying Feb. 11 from the International Space Station.

2014-02-10 | The Multi-Gas Monitor, a shoebox-sized, battery-powered monitor aboard the space station, can measure the concentrations of multiple gases within the air inside of it in less than one second.