09 June 2017
Key ingredients to life found around Sun-like stars
...This chemical building block of life is methyl isocyanate, a complex organic molecule containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the chemical configuration CH3NCO. Intriguingly, this is not the first complex molecule to be found around...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... approximately 90 percent of humidity condensate and water from the crew’s urine. A functional interface was included in the oxygen generation system rack to accommodate a future CO2 reduction assembly, which was added in 2010. This addition allowed...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
... resistance, reduces the time required for absorption by the alveoli in the lungs and increases the blood’s oxygen levels. Telemedicine technology testing during SIRIUS-17 experiment. Such admixtures can reduce respiratory distress associated with...
08 August 2016
NASA Selects Five Projects for Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Study
...to obtain hydrogen from hydrocarbon-based aviation gas and oxygen from the air, subsequently combining them to generate ... order to achieve a more compact design. LION: Lithium Oxygen Batteries for NASA Electric Aircraft A major issue for electric-...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
...signs of life. Sensitive enough technology would detect our oxygen rich atmosphere, green continents, and perhaps even signs ...than 25 metres diameter, will be able to characterise even oxygen in several Earth-like worlds. However, atmospheric noise is...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... a disadvantage compared to facilities nearer the equator A series of engine firing tests on the 40kN reusable liquid hydrogen/oxygen engine have been completed, which brings this research to the end of the fundamental technology demonstration phase...
