Editor’s note: The Mars Institute’s Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse on Devon Island now has two webcams available for public viewing. One camera shows a view of the greenhouse and surroundings […]
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Follow The Water
NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Gullied Recesses“This image shows gullies on the wall of a martian south mid-latitude impact crater. The channels in each gully head beneath an eroding […]
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Perils of Arctic Research
Like Mars, but with polar bears, Nunatsiaq News“The greenhouse is rigged with gadgets that monitor and water the plants mostly lettuce, with basil, radish and zucchini automatically. “The greenhouse this […]
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Devon Island Greenhouse Update
Research Activities in the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse – July 2006 Update“Our autonomous greenhouse in the Arctic produces and manages its own power, has its own communications system for command […]
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Cutting Edge Biology Aboard Genesis
Bigelow Spacecraft Carries NASA ‘GeneBox’ for Tests in Orbit, NASA ARC“During this mission, we are verifying this new, small spacecraft’s systems and our procedures,” said John Hines, the GeneBox project […]
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Another Reason Why ISS Is Important For Exploration
One therapeutic dose of radiation causes 30 percent spongy bone loss in mice, American Physiological Society“Astronauts lose 2% of bone mass for each month they are exposed to the effects […]
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NASA Quest Spacewardbound Field Reports
“We drove a half hour out of town to the first transect site. The teachers separated and went with different scientist to collect samples of the rocks and soil. Our […]
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Cutting Enabling Science at NASA
NASA’s Science Mission Aborted, Technology Review“Although the International Space Station remains a budgetary priority, some scientists feel that its usefulness for carrying out scientific research has already been diminished, by, […]
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Being There
Astrobiology Field Report from Dale Andersen 19 June 2006“Keith: We arrived in Resolute Friday evening but we are still in here awaiting better weather. Its been cloudy with periods of […]