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Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around Earth.

NASA Social — The State of NASA at Goddard Spaceflight Center

April 15, 2020

Each year, NASA Social hosts an event to hear the State of NASA Address, by Administrator Jim Bridenstine. As an attendee, Ph.D. candidate Carli Jones got a behind-the-scenes look at Goddard Spaceflight Center and learned about exciting upcoming missions and research.

Carli Jones ⋅ Events and Happenings NASA, space, space research ⋅

The International Space Station backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space.

What Happens to Heart Cells in Space?

December 5, 2019

Heart function is profoundly changed by spaceflight in space-flown animal models and human astronauts. Using human heart cells derived from stem cells, researchers investigated the cellular and physiological processes influenced by microgravity in human hearts.

Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez ⋅ Perspectives in Research Cells, genes, heart, space ⋅

Astronaut on the surface of the moon standing near the rocket ship and touching it with one hand and with other hand akimbo with dark sky and stars in the background. Vector space icon.

50 Years Since Humankind’s Giant Leap

August 13, 2019

On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle touched down on the surface of the moon. Approximately 650 million people around the world watched in awe as Neil Armstrong took his historic first steps on the moon on national television. Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had set out on an eight-day-long […]

Carli Jones ⋅ Perspectives in Research moon landing, NASA, Physics, space ⋅

A view of Earth from space, as seen from a window of the International Space Station.

It’s a Twin Thing

May 16, 2019

In NASA’s most comprehensive study ever on the physiological and molecular consequences of living in space for a prolonged period of time, scientists from across the country collaborated to investigate various aspects of human biology using samples from famous twin astronauts, Scott and Mark Kelly. Though a handful of astronauts had previously lived in space […]

Carli Jones ⋅ Perspectives in Research DNA, dna sequencing, NASA, space ⋅

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