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NASA and USDA: A Bountiful Partnership
Earth, Space Experiments, Space Biology
Jan 14, 2021
An expanding research partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will help develop new ways of growing food on Earth and in space.
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NASA, NSF Sign Agreement to Advance Sciences
Space Experiments, Space Biology, Physical Sciences
Jan 7, 2021
NASA and the NSF have signed a memorandum of understanding affirming the agencies’ intent to continue their longstanding partnership in mutually beneficial research activities advancing space, Earth, biological, and physical sciences to further U.S. national space policy and promote the... Read More
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, and NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan
A New Home for NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Research
Space Experiments, Space Biology, Physical Sciences
Oct 15, 2020
NASA’s division for Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) research in space just found a new home on Earth. From plunging the temperature of atoms to advance technologies like your cell phone, to growing food in space to help humans reach new destinations, BPS has a hand in an enormous range of... Read More
Photo of astronaut Christina Koch working on the Cold Atom Lab
From (Space) Farm to Table: Using Autonomy and Robotics to Produce Crops in Space
Space Experiments, Space Biology
Sep 17, 2019
Researchers from around the world convened at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in August for a two-day workshop focused on the use of autonomy and robotics for crop production in space. Over seventy researchers representing NASA, industry, academia and other government agencies came together... Read More
A room full of several people watching a presentation about the Mars-Lunar Greenhouse projected on a screen.