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What Nanomaterials Are Used in Space?
Future space missions aim to reach Mars and beyond, but many challenges must be overcome before this can be achieved – and nanomaterials will play a critical role. From bio-nano robot-laced spacesuits, to radiation shielding, to new means of travelling into space, research employing nanomaterials is underway. https://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=4983
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Content of the Universe Pie Chart (Chart)
Planck data reveals that the universe’s contents include 4.9% ordinary matter, or atoms, the building blocks of stars and planets. Dark matter comprises 26.8% of the universe. This matter, different from atoms, does not emit or absorb light. It has only been detected indirectly by its gravity. 68.3% of the universe, is composed of “dark…
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Underwater neutrino detector will be second-largest structure ever built (article)
The hunt for elusive neutrinos will soon get its largest and most powerful tool yet: the enormous KM3NeT telescope, currently under development by a consortium of 40 institutions from ten European countries. Once completed KM3NeT will be the second-largest structure ever made by humans, after the Great Wall of China, and taller than the Burj…
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Augmented Dreams (article)
Artists have been putting extended reality (XR) technologies such as AR and virtual reality (VR) to use for decades, but AR has seen a recent surge of interest from various industries. https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/augmented-reality-art-1234581120/
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NASA Tribal Consultation and Coordination (resource)
NASA is committed to recognizing and respecting the sovereignty of Indian nations, their rights to self-determination and self-governance, and to fulfilling federal trust responsibilities through environmental stewardship, consideration of the communities surrounding NASA facilities, and the protection and preservation of tribal rights, lands, and resources.
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Astronaut Fashion Is Changing. This Is Not Your Grandpa’s Spacesuit (podcast)
For the first time in decades, NASA is planning to send astronauts back to the moon. Their spacesuits will be very different from what Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin wore when they walked the lunar surface in 1969. Spacesuits today are thinner and lighter, while still making sure astronauts can complete tasks and stay alive.…
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Bio-Digital Wearables for Space Health Enhancement (article)
Living in space could have significant physical and mental impacts on astronauts. Wearables have the potential to play a critical role in monitoring, supporting, and sustaining human life in space, lessening the need for human medical expert intervention. https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/bio-digital-wearables/overview/
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The Human Body in Space
For more than 50 years, NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) has studied what happens to the human body in space. Researchers are using what they learn to design procedures, devices, and strategies to keep astronauts safe and healthy throughout their missions.
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Inventing the Apollo Spaceflight Biomedical Sensors
During the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, one of NASA’s concerns was the safety of its crews, something it monitored rigorously through the use of biomedical instrumentation. As initial flight planning commenced in 1959, biomedical equipment capable of transmitting from space did not exist. NASA quickly brought together medical staff and hardware engineers to develop…
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NOVA Elements (resource)
If you ever thought the periodic table was a boring collection of elements that has nothing to do with your life, this app will show you otherwise. “NOVA Elements” lets you explore an interactive periodic table, build the elements, play a game hosted by technology columnist David Pogue, and watch the two-hour NOVA program, “Hunting…
