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Blue blobs are illuminated under a microscope on a black background. Small yellow, fluorescent dots are scattered throughout the blue blobs.

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Why NASA studies plant telomeres and the connection to aging and disease Synopsis: Postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M University…

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Compact Robot Takes Flight to Support CERISS Initiative

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NASA’s TechFlights 2023 Selections Advance Space Science in Collaboration with Industry A new robot will be taking flight soon to…

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Portrait three people: a Caucasian man with a mustache and long blond-grey hair; a Caucasian woman with glasses and brown hair in a ponytail; and an African American man with short hair. All are wearing blue lab coats and smiling as they prepare their experiment.

International Space Station Welcomes Trio of Experiments Focused on Enhancing Life Beyond Earth

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NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division is sending three physical sciences and space biology experiments and equipment to the International…

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Biological Research in Canisters-25 (BRIC-25)

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Science Objectives Biological Research in Canisters-25 (BRIC-25) studies the effect of low Earth orbit on the physiology, cell-to-cell communication, and…

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Rodent Research-20 (RR-20)

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Science Objectives Throughout the course of three shuttle missions, alterations in ovarian function were detected in female mice that could…

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Experimental Evolution of Bacillus subtilis Populations in Space: Mutation, Selection and Population Dynamics (MVP Cell-02)

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Science Objective The Experimental Evolution of Bacillus subtilis Populations in Space: Mutation, Selection and Population Dynamics (MVP Cell-02) investigation seeks to understand…

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