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Astronauts Swab the Deck

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

If you saw a mushroom growing in your bathroom, you'd probably bring out the heavy artillery. - Mr. Clean, astride a Howitzer

ISS Spacewalkers Test Planetary Protection Concept

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

On March 19th, astronauts onboard the International Space Station checked themselves for microbes before stepping outside on a space walk. It was a first-ever test of planetary protection technology that, ...

Space Station Tricorder

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 12, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (19) | 1

Any Trekkies out there? Remember the tricorder? Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock both carried them, and they came in mighty handy exploring "strange new worlds ...where no one has gone before."

No Foolin' -- 'Lab on a Chip' Works!

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 06, 2007 | 4.6 / 5 (9) | 0

"What a huge relief," says Norman Wainwright of the Charles River Laboratories in Charleston, SC. "The whole technical team was delighted that it worked so well."

Preventing 'Sick' Spaceships

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 14, 2007 | 4.9 / 5 (15) | 0

Picture this: You're one of several astronauts homeward bound after a three-year mission to Mars. Halfway back from the Red Planet, your spacecraft starts suffering intermittent electrical outages. So you ...

NASA Heads up Mt. Everest

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Steve "Ark" Vander Ark takes a deep breath at the foot of the stairs in a lonely, dusky stairwell, then turns and heads up ten long flights of steps - for the eighth time. He'll repeat this ritual thrice more, ...

Migrating Microbes

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

With every spacecraft that leaves Earth, millions of microbes hitch a ride into space. As astrobiologists search for life in other worlds, preventing forward and back contamination remains a key priority.

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