http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station at 9:20 p.m. EDT on March 11. http://www.physorg.com/news155573470.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:52:47 EST news155573470 American software tycoon Charles Simonyi on Thursday shrugged off a 10 million dollar price hike by Russia for his next space flight, saying space tourism was the way of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news155481353.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:16:15 EST news155481353 A Japanese astronaut going to space this month will try to fly on a carpet, use eyedrops in zero gravity and meet a series of other off-beat challenges, a space agency official said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news155469901.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:06:24 EST news155469901 (PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club has produced a paper model of the International Space Station (ISS) - the first designed just for children. http://www.physorg.com/news155316262.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:25:04 EST news155316262 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. http://www.physorg.com/news155234526.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:43:22 EST news155234526 China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news155117562.html Space & Earth Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:13:10 EST news155117562 The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday named a Frenchman and a German who will join four Russians in an innovative 105-day isolation experiment to test whether humans can one day fly to Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news154893651.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:18 EST news154893651 NASA is aiming to launch the space shuttle Discovery next month after repeated delays caused by critical valves. Shuttle managers said Wednesday they hope to launch on March 12, a full month after the original launch date of Feb. 12. http://www.physorg.com/news154866225.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:24:18 EST news154866225 Exactly one year ago today, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at its berth on the International Space Station, signalling the start of a new era for Europe in human spaceflight. http://www.physorg.com/news153587665.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:15:07 EST news153587665 If you saw a mushroom growing in your bathroom, you'd probably bring out the heavy artillery. - Mr. Clean, astride a Howitzer http://www.physorg.com/news153408121.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:23:08 EST news153408121 (PhysOrg.com) -- In May 2009, Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month mission. This mission sees him become the first European commander of the Station by October 2009. ESA has now given his mission the name OasISS. http://www.physorg.com/news153067418.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:44:14 EST news153067418 Charles Herrold isn't going to be forgotten this year. What do you mean, "Who's Charles Herrold?" This is just the sort of thing San Jose, Calif., boosters and radio fans - two in particular - have been fighting against for decades. http://www.physorg.com/news153064038.html Technology Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:47:46 EST news153064038 (PhysOrg.com) -- A town in Britain has recently demonstrated its new "'leccy vehicle" - an electric garbage truck that is fueled by the garbage it collects. The Kirklees Council presented the waste-powered Ford Transit garbage truck at Huddersfield town center last week. http://www.physorg.com/news152812939.html Technology Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:02:37 EST news152812939 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts spending months in space lose significant bone strength, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later in life. http://www.physorg.com/news152196803.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:53:48 EST news152196803 A study conducted by Université de Montréal researchers on downstream and upstream water from the Montreal wastewater treatment plant has revealed the presence of chemotherapy products and certain hypertension and cholesterol medications. http://www.physorg.com/news152196608.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:50:18 EST news152196608 (PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has given its initial approval to begin plans for a second target station for the Spallation Neutron Source, expanding what is already the world's most powerful pulsed neutron scattering facility located at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news151345806.html Physics Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:30:06 EST news151345806 (PhysOrg.com) -- Worms from The University of Nottingham should be checking in for a flight onboard the Space Shuttle later this year - to help researchers investigate the effect of zero gravity on the body's muscle development and physiology. Researchers are also hoping to get primary school children involved in the project. http://www.physorg.com/news151254532.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:08:52 EST news151254532 A revolutionary container-less chemical reactor, pioneered by the space research team at Guigné International Ltd (GIL) in Canada with scientists at the University of Bath, has been installed on the International Space Station. The reactor, named Space-DRUMS, uses beams of sound to position chemicals in mid-air so they don't come into contact with the walls of the container. http://www.physorg.com/news148219022.html Space & Earth Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:57:02 EST news148219022 (PhysOrg.com) -- Critics of the Space Program can utter a sigh of relief. Finally, an innovation with a good suds head on it. A colloborative effort between the Russian Academy of Science, Okayama University and Sopporo Breweries in Japan has developed a beer that uses 100-percent barley grown on the International Space Station. The barley was grown on the ISS during a five-month period along with lettuce, wheat and peas as part of a life-sustaining long term growing project. http://www.physorg.com/news147622516.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:15:16 EST news147622516 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012. http://www.physorg.com/news147539867.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:17:47 EST news147539867 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies delivered to the International Space Station by the space shuttle Endeavour Nov. 14 has generated a buzz among scientists, astronauts, the news media and has even spawned an Internet video set to the music of "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider." http://www.physorg.com/news146853327.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:35:27 EST news146853327 NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air. Designed to help protect crew members' health and safety, the experimental "ENose" will monitor the space station's environment for harmful chemicals such as ammonia, mercury, methanol and formaldehyde. http://www.physorg.com/news146324434.html Space & Earth Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:40:34 EST news146324434 Two hundred and fifty miles above the Earth puts you a long way from the nearest kitchen tap. And at $10,000 a pint, the cost of shipping fresh water aboard the space shuttle is, well, astronomical. http://www.physorg.com/news145941700.html Space & Earth Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:21:40 EST news145941700 (PhysOrg.com) -- For years, STS-126 has been planned as the mission that will give the International Space Station the ability to support twice the crew currently living there. But since the most recent inspection of the station`s solar alpha rotary joint, it`s also become the mission that will ensure the station can generate the power those extra crew members will require. http://www.physorg.com/news144948423.html Space & Earth Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:27:03 EST news144948423 Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, along with flight engineers Yury Lonchakov and Greg Chamitoff, officially took charge of the International Space Station Wednesday. The Change of Command Ceremony took place just before 2 p.m. EDT with Expedition 17 handing over the controls and wrapping up its stay at the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news143909524.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:52:04 EST news143909524 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module at 4:26 a.m. EDT Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news143183463.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:11:03 EST news143183463 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. U.S. astronaut E. Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and Richard Garriott, a U.S. computer game developer, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:01 a.m. CDT. http://www.physorg.com/news143124193.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:43:13 EST news143124193 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz TMA-13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan about 3 a.m. EDT Sunday to begin a six-month stay in space. http://www.physorg.com/news142780305.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:11:45 EST news142780305 Self-guided treatment for depression could soon be only a mouse click away. Scientists with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) are developing an interactive, multi-media program that will assist astronauts in recognizing and effectively managing depression and other psychosocial problems, which can pose a substantial threat to crew safety and mission operations during long-duration spaceflights. http://www.physorg.com/news141480157.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:02:37 EST news141480157 Imagine being able, with a click of a mouse, to see the world, in all its beauty, just like astronauts on the International Space Station do. http://www.physorg.com/news141468479.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:47:59 EST news141468479