Russia Has Designs On Its Astronauts' Used Underwear
...roblems they encounter in space," says Ilyin. Each astronaut produces anaverage of 2.5 kilograms-or up to 9 litres-of uncompressed waste a day. To keepwaste to a minimum, they are forced to wear underwear for up to a week at atime. Onboard laundry facilities are rare in space, although the Russian spacestation...Clemson forum may help decide design of future space suits
..., will include opening and closing remarks by NASA astronaut Gregory Harbaugh. "Extravehicular Activity Technol...workshop is a result of collaboration between NASA astronaut Bonnie Dunbar, who received an honorary degree from Clemson in 1990, and Dooley, himself a nationall...Increased production of antibiotics in space reported by University of Colorado researchers
...place during the flight of Discovery that returned astronaut John Glenn to space. Similar experiments flown by BioServe in the past and carried out in test tubes also showed increases in antibiotic production, although relatively small quantities were produced, said Klaus, Bioserve's associate director for ...Purdue researcher finds space fertile arena for gene transfers
...998 by the oldest man to ever fly in space, former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn. Those experiments, which tested whether DNA transfer could be conducted in microgravity, proved not only that it could be done, but also that it was more successful and efficient than DNA transfers in a control group here...MCG researchers study hormone that may prevent bone being lost in space
...tion to re-establish the lost synergy, he said; an astronaut of any age would soon develop porous, weak bones. But the researchers believe their transgenic mouse would fare much better in space, where they hope it will eventually land. For the time being, they are using a nearly $900,000, three-year grant to s...Researchers study muscle cell damage that occurs when astronauts return from space
...e in a mouse model the tearing that occurs when an astronaut reacquaints with gravity, then documenting the repair process. "If we can understand at the molecular level how this resealing occurs, we might be able to promote it and, in the case of astronauts or trauma victims or other people with massive musc...Gender issues related to spaceflight: A NASA perspective
... -- Bethesda, Md. Twenty-two percent of the active astronaut corps are women (35 of 158). The average female astronaut is 42 years old (vs. 43 years for men) and weighs 60.7 kg (vs. 81.2 kg for men). Insufficient data e...Texas A&M chemist wins national award for new ways to analyze molecules
...n era of science [in the 1950s] I wanted to be an astronaut or fly airplanes, he said. But I wore glasses, so I opted for physics as a career. I took chemistry as part of that and found I liked it better. Goodman received his undergraduate degree from Mississippi College in 1968 and his Ph.D. from the Univers...Spinal cord injury and Alzheimers risk among topics at American Chemical Society meeting
... Convention Center, Hall C) First black female astronaut addresses minority affairs luncheon Dr. Mae Jemison, former astronaut and the first black woman to travel in space, will speak at the Committee on Minority Affairs lunche...Colorado U. to fly hardware, experiments on space shuttle, space station
...days to mature. It will then be harvested by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Whitson will plant and tend a second crop of 30 Bioserve plants for the last 25 days of the space station stay. In 2003, the group plans to fly crops of loblolly pine seedlings which BioServe already has flown on space shuttles -- on...From moon rocks to space food: UH research spans 40 years
... remotely operated will be needed to alleviate the astronaut workload as much as possible. One such system is the ROBONAUT (ROBOtic astroNAUT), an anthropomorphic robot with two arms, two hands, a head, a torso and a stabilizing leg, currently being developed at NASA-JSC. UH researchers are developing a ROBONA...European experiment hardware reaches the International Space Station
...which will play a large part in the mission of ESA astronaut Pedro Duque to the ISS in October this year. Whilst on the ISS astronaut Duque from Spain will carry out a number of physical science, human physiology, biology and educatio...NASA biotechnology activities enhancing quality of life
...iversity of Wisconsin in Madison. With the help of astronaut Peggy Whitson, they grew the first crop of soybeans on the Space Station for their industrial partner, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., a DuPont subsidiary with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. This experiment verified that WCSAR-developed plant...Scientific equipment including the first European student experiment reaches the ISS
... will play an important part in the mission of ESA astronaut Pedro Duque. The Spaniard will be performing a num... of them being NEUROCOG and CARDIOCOG. Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne has already performed both successfully, during the Odissea mission in October 2002. ...Return to space for Spanish ESA astronaut
Duque, a member of ESA's astronaut corps since 1992, becomes the sixth European, and ...ssion is also important because it increases ESA's astronaut experience ahead of the launch of Columbus, Europe's own laboratory, to the Space Station. Pedro Duq...ESA astronaut flies Cervantes mission to ISS
The Cervantes mission, with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, and the ISS Expedition 8 crew lifted ...board, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and NASA astronaut Michael Foale, about two days to reach the International Space Station (ISS). Docking is due at 09:1...Cervantes mission concludes with Soyuz TMA-2 landing
...er and are scheduled to return next April with ESA astronaut Andr Kuipers, from the Netherlands. The Soyuz TMA spacecraft are being used as crew changeover vehicles due to the grounding of the Shuttle fleet following the Columbia accident in February. The emergency return vehicle or lifeboat at the ISS has als...Successful progress launch paves the way for further scientific utilisation of the ISS by Europe
...the Delta mission to be carried out by ESA's Dutch astronaut Andr Kuipers in April, Matroshka, a European exper...reduce space sickness. The experiment involves the astronaut wearing a special vest containing vibrating elements to assist his awareness of his position. ETD ...DELTA mission heading to ISS with Dutch ESA astronaut
...uipers, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Edward Fincke, about two days to reach the ISS. Th... first having taken place in October 2002 with ESA astronaut Frank De Winne from Belgium on board. The Soyuz TMA-4 will replace the Soyuz TMA-3, which flew ESA a......dition 9 Commander. The third crew member was NASA astronaut Edward Fincke, the ISS Expedition 9 Flight Enginee...n the return flight in Soyuz TMA-3, which flew ESA astronaut Pedro Duque to the ISS on the Cervantes mission in October 2003. Soyuz TMA-4 will remain docked with...