Find Me on the Moon: NASA Seeks Navigation Solutions for Lunar Exploration
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Rover trials demonstrate autonomous sampling capabilities in UK quarry
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Mystery of Trans-Neptunian Orbits Solved by Stellar Flyby
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
AI-Assisted Discovery Reveals How Microbial Proteins Adapt to Extreme Pressures
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Formation of super-Earths proven limited near metal-poor stars
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Massive merger could explain origin of Milky Way's supermassive black hole
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
NASA's Hubble, Chandra find supermassive black hole duo
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Parker Solar Probe Lines Up for Final Venus Flyby
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
AI distinguishes dark matter signals from cosmic noise
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Debris from NASA's DART Mission Could Potentially Reach Earth and Mars
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Keeping the cosmos clean
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
First Metal Part 3D Printed in Space Aboard ISS
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
ChemCam Laser Hits 1 Million Zaps on Mars, Continues Data Collection
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Antarctic research supports healthy space for astronauts
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:04
Astronauts and Australian Antarctic expeditioners are working together to advance human health in space, and on Earth.
Today, four astronauts are orbiting Earth on the Polaris Dawn mission, undertaking a range of research projects to better understand the effects of long-duration spaceflight on human health.
At the same time, expeditioners and doctors at Australia's Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations are collecting data for two of the projects, involving ultrasound and body scanning technology.
Australian Antarctic Division Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jeff Ayton, said the two projects were part of a collaboration with the US-based Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH).
"Antarctic expeditioners and astronauts are both isolated, confined populations in extreme environments, doing hazardous work, dependent on technology for survival, and with limited scope for evacuation," he said.
"This makes Australia's Antarctic Program an excellent analog for understanding the risks to humans in space, and for testing and developing technologies and methodologies to reduce these risks.
Keeping mold out of future space stations
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 16:02
Mold can survive the harshest of environments, so to stop harmful spores from growing on future space stations, a new study suggests a novel way to prevent its spread.