NASA sent seeds into space for nearly 6 years; after they returned, 132,000 experiment kits reached 3.3 million students in 30 countries

In April 1984, NASA launched a satellite carrying 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit to test how space radiation affects ...

Viking Life Signal Debated: Labeled Release baffled scientists; chemistry blurred signs of metabolism

In 1976, NASA's Viking landers conducted soil tests on Mars to search for signs of life. The Labeled Release experiment ...

Mars’s Ancient Clay Holds the Same Organic Molecules That May Have Sparked Life on Earth

The team operating a remote chemistry lab onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover won a Gizmodo Science Fair award for discovering ...

In 1984, NASA sent 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit for nearly six years. After their return, 132,000 experiment kits were distributed across every US state and 30 c…

In 1984, NASA sent 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit for nearly six years. After their return, 132,000 experiment kits ...
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NASA seeks partners for Earth Science extended missions

Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) measures wind speeds over Earth's oceans with seven microsatellites. Credit: NASA Langley video capture SAN FRANCISCO – NASA’s Earth Science ...
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Astronauts Are Living Science Experiments in Orbit and Their Bodies Could Unlock Medicine's Next Giant Leap for Earth

Mississippi awarded more than $104 million in federal rural health grants across 167 projects. Where the money goes and why rural access matters. Community paramedics in rural Virginia visit patients ...

NASA beamed a cat video back to Earth from deep space

On Monday, NASA announced it had transmitted an ultra high definition video of a ginger cat named Taters (superb) from 19 ...
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Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation

Understanding the complex, changing planet on which we live, how it supports life, and how human activities affect its ability to do so in the future is one of the greatest intellectual challenges ...