The ambitious project discovered more than 8600 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between an astronaut who resided for almost one year on the International Space Station (ISS) and their identical twin who resided on Earth; it is possible that any permutation of the DEG list could uncover ...
Multiple sources tell SpaceFlight Now that Axiom Space’s third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will likely mark the debut of the new tower, thanks to a packed schedule at Launch Complex-39A. The mission, commanded by former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegrí...
"The Flies" are the first astronaut class to graduate since NASA began assigning new crews to launch to the moon as part of the Artemis program. In April 2023, NASA named the four astronauts who will fly on Artemis 2, now targeted for late 2025, which will be the first crewed flight ...
With Artemis missions NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter. Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life ...
give the agency experience in station operations in anticipation of the construction of the modularInternational Space Station(ISS). Beginning in 1998, the shuttle was used extensively to take components of the ISS into orbit for assembly and to ferryastronautcrews and supplies to and from the ...
(For this, one might argue that the term “tourist” should only be used if there are no crew duties. However, everyone needs to have some kind of role at the beginning of commercial space flight tests). Thus, scientists and engineers proved that technology can send humans to the ...