Un vol en apesanteur à bord de l’A310 Zero G de Novespace : 20 paraboles pour flotter comme un astronaute… sans quitter l’Atlantique.
https://www.tf1info.fr/societe/le-frisson-de-l-impesanteur-sans-le-vide-de-l-espace-a-bord-de-l-airbus-a310-zero-g-de-novespace-2381714.html
#Space #Science #AirbusZeroG #ParabolicFlight #Microgravity #FutureSpaceflight
During his time at the flight academy, Fox would do a lot of last minute cramming. When you're busy flying, you don't have as much time for study.
#fox #floating #space #starfox #microgravity
New #Bacteria Have Been Discovered on a #Chinese Space Station
It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create #spores, and may have evolved to #survive hundreds of miles above our planet’s surface.
This #bacterium, never before seen on Earth, was detected on #China's #Tiangong #space station. It has been named Niallia tiangongensis, and it inhabited the cockpit controls on the station, living in #microgravity conditions.
https://www.wired.com/story/bacteria-unknown-on-earth-appears-on-chinese-space-station/
DARPA exploring growing bio structures of "unprecedented size" in microgravity — https://sam.gov/opp/426e5868fcf74dd4ada3768b00b09234/view
#HackerNews #DARPA #bioengineering #microgravity #spaceinnovation #biostructures #technews
#Space travel isn't truly safe. Research shows #microgravity has detrimental, long-lasting effects on the human body. But mimicking weightlessness on Earth could help develop cancer treatments. Biomedical engineers explain: https://buff.ly/4h82Dep
Can we use microgravity to manipulate cancer cells to behave less aggressively and become more vulnerable to treatment?
#Space travel isn't truly safe. Research shows #microgravity has detrimental, long-lasting effects on the human body. But mimicking weightlessness on Earth could help develop cancer treatments. Biomedical engineers explain: https://buff.ly/3WydndL
Saturn Donuts Delivers by Bryce Kho
Saturn Donuts Delivers by Bryce Kho #microgravity #FloatingIsFun
https://fedia.io/media/a7/24/a7246be7bb1f8990ff5de034ae03e2fceb523a3e0428fef32efe72c146fbc0e7.jpg
These are some rather alarming results for long-duration #spaceflight. Up-regulated bone resorption activity may be a major reason for #BoneLoss in #microgravity, and the sites from which material is lost might not be able to fully recover.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq3632
A Mini Jupiter
Astronaut Don Pettit posted this image of a Jupiter-like water globe he created on the International Space Station. In microgravity, surface tension reigns as the water’s supreme force, pulling the mixture of water and food coloring into a perfect sphere. It will be interesting to see a video version of this experiment, so that we can tell what tools Pettit used to swirl the droplet into the eddies we see. Is the full droplet rotating (as a planet would), or are we just seeing the remains of a wire passed through the drop? We’ll have to stay tuned to Pettit’s experiments to find out. (Image credit: NASA/D. Pettit; via space.com; submitted by J. Shoer)
#DidYouKnow: #Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless.
The most commonly known microgravity environment can be found aboard the ISS which is located in low-earth orbit at an altitude of around 400 km, orbiting Earth approximately 15 times per day in what is considered free fall.
review article Sept 2024:
Cardiovascular adaptations and pathological changes induced by spaceflight: from cellular mechanisms to organ-level impacts
Ice Without Gravity
Astronaut Don Pettit is back in space, and that means lots of awesome microgravity experiments. Here, he grew thin wafers of ice in microgravity in a -95 degree Celsius freezer. Then he took the ice wafers and photographed them between crossed polarizers, creating this colorful image. The colors highlight different crystal orientations within the ice and give us a hint about how the freezing front formed and expanded. I can’t wait to see more examples! (Image credit: D. Pettit/NASA; via Ars Technica; submitted by J. Shoer)
#PhotoOfTheDay: An Opportunity to Study #Water
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit fills this sphere of water with food coloring creating a #Jupiter-like effect in the #Microgravity environment of the International Space Station.
The first stage MVP of our 3D #MriSafe #Clinostat for simulating #microgravity is now operational, with a few added enhancements.
While this stage still utilizes conventional motors, we’re gearing up for the next phase where it will be ready to conduct experiments in MRI.
Additionally, we’re thrilled to announce that entropi.space Ltd. has signed an MOU with two prominent universities to further advance this project. Learn more: https://entropi.space
Why Don't We Use Artificial Gravity On The International Space Station? | IFLScience
There are a few reasons, but they're big ones.
Space Beer may Taste better than Earth
Beer. 
The University of Florida’s Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences first experimented with making beer in microgravity. Their results, indicate microgravity may not only speed up fermentation processes, it may also produce higher quality products.
Archaeological Methods Reveal How Astronauts Work on the International Space Station https://www.universetoday.com/168364/archaeological-methods-reveal-how-astronauts-work-on-the-international-space-station/ #treadmillwithvibrationisolationstabilizationsystem #advancedresistiveexercisedevice #wasteandhygienecompartment #internationalspacestation #microgravity #archaeology #maintenance #astronauts #computers #science #tools
