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.
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What Happens to Heart Cells in Space?
Posted by | Perspectives in ResearchHeart 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.
50 Years Since Humankind’s Giant Leap
Posted by | Perspectives in ResearchOn 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 […]
It’s a Twin Thing
Posted by | Perspectives in ResearchIn 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 […]