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Microbiological and nutritional analysis of lettuce crops grown on the International Space Station-VEG01A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The ability to grow safe, fresh food to supplement packaged foods of astronauts in space has been an important goal for NASA. Food crops grown in space experience... -
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The International Space Station Has a Unique and Extreme Microbial and Chemical Environment Driven by Use Patterns
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Space habitation provides unique challenges in built environments isolated from Earth. We produced a 3D map of the microbes and metabolites throughout the... -
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Effect of microgravity on an animal-bacteria symbiosis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Spaceflight imposes numerous adaptive challenges for terrestrial life. The reduction in gravity, or microgravity, represents a novel environment that can disrupt... -
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Effects of microgravity on human iPSC-derived neural organoids on the International Space Station - cortical organoids
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Research conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) in low-Earth orbit (LEO) has shown the effects of microgravity on multiple organs. To investigate the... -
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Illumina NGS RNA-seq and RRBS Sequencing on Spaceflight Mouse Retina
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
This study was under the umbrella of the NASA Rodent Research-1 project consortium. In this project, 16-week-old female C57 BL/6J mice were sent to International... -
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Effects of microgravity on human iPSC-derived neural organoids on the International Space Station - dopaminergic organoids
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Research conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) in low-Earth orbit (LEO) has shown the effects of microgravity on multiple organs. To investigate the... -
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Gamma radiation and HZE treatment of seedlings in Arabidopsis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Plants exhibit a robust transcriptional response to gamma radiation which includes the induction of transcripts required for homologous recombination and the... -
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Plants grown in Apollo lunar regolith present stress-associated transcriptomes that inform prospects for lunar exploration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The extent to which plants can enhance human life support on other worlds depends on the ability of plants to thrive in extraterrestrial environments using in situ... -
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Specific Host Metabolite and Gut Microbiome Alterations Are Associated with Bone-loss During Spaceflight
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Understanding the axis of the human microbiome and physiological homeostasis is an essential task in managing deep-space travel associated health risks. The NASA led... -
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Microgravity effects on leaf morphology, cell structure, carbon metabolism and mRNA expression of dwarf wheat
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The PESTO experiment was launched on April 8, 2002 onboard STS-110 (Atlantis) and was returned on June 19, 2002 onboard STS-111 (Endeavor), a total of 73 days in... -
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Characterization of Biofilm Formation, Growth, and Gene Expression on Different Materials and Environmental Conditions in Microgravity (Morphology of Penicillium rubens biofilms)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Microorganisms' natural ability to live as organized multicellular communities – also known as biofilms – provides them with unique survival advantages. For instance,... -
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Age and Space Irradiation Modulate Tumor Progression: Implications for Carcinogenesis Risk
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Age plays a major role in tumor incidence and is an important consideration when modeling the carcinogenesis process or estimating cancer risks. Epidemiological data... -
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Dissecting Low Atmospheric Pressure Stress: Transcriptome Responses to the Components of Hypobaria in Arabidopsis [Experiment 2]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Controlled hypobaria presents biology with an environment that is never encountered in terrestrial ecology, yet the apparent components of hypobaria are stresses... -
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Correlated Gene and Protein Expression in heads from Drosophila reared in microgravity
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Omics analyses of RNA and protein isolated from heads of microgravity reared adult Drosophila. -
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Integrative Transcriptomics and Proteomics Profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana Elucidates Novel Mechanisms Underlying Spaceflight Adaptation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Spaceflight presents a unique environment with complex stressors, including microgravity and radiation, that can influence plant physiology at molecular levels.... -
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SpaceX Inspiration4 Stool Metagenome Profiling
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission was a 3-day mission with four private astronauts to low Earth orbit that occurred in September 2021. The crew collected biospecimen... -
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Glycome profiling and immunohistochemistry uncover changes in cell walls of Arabidopsis thaliana roots during spaceflight: Advanced Plant EXperiment (APEX) 03-1 Raw Dataset
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
This study was conducted to uncover the underlying molecular mechanisms by which microgravity impacts cell wall architecture in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana... -
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Spaceflight effects on the mouse retina: Histological, gene expression and epigenetic changes after flight on STS-135
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
We report the findings of an animal experiment onboard STS-135 investigating the molecular aspects of the impact of spaceflight on retinal biology by performing... -
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Microbial Observatory (ISS-MO): Indoor microbiome study of the International Space Station surfaces
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Presented here is the environmental microbiome study of the International Space Station surfaces. The environmental samples were collected with the polyester wipes... -
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Substrate Matters: Ionic Silver Alters Lettuce Growth, Nutrient Uptake, and Root Microbiome in a Hydroponics System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Ionic silver (Ag+) is being investigated as a residual biocide for use in NASA spacecraft potable water systems on future crewed missions. This water will be used to...