... reproduction during short-duration (around two weeks) flight experiments aboard free flying satellites, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station (ISS). Longer duration (months and years) rodent analogue reproduction experiments...
... friends. Growing up near the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and in Florida, within view of Space Shuttles leaving the planet, I developed an early appreciation for space exploration. In addition to my love of the cosmos, and perhaps...
... defined by vast commercial resources and security implications. Christa McAuliffe, the American teacher aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was lost in January 1986, poignantly said: “Space is for everybody. It’s not just for a few...
... me. Despite being involved in the community long enough to question America’s single-point dependency on the unproven Space Shuttle, much of the influencing factors have always been murky. I knew of Dr Robert Goddard and his pioneering efforts...
... the virtues of recycling? As New Scientist reports, NASA is scouring museums in order to potentially repurpose some spare space shuttle parts for the International Space Station. NASA’s funding troubles were recently highlight when it bought nearly...
... announced that its X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 (OTV-5) successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, having spent 780 days in space conducting on-orbit experiments. The lengthy mission meant that...