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What is BioSentinel?
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Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep…

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Station Science Top News: Oct. 18, 2024
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Microgravity had no immediate effect on a person’s ability to perceive the height of an object, indicating that astronauts can safely perform…

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NASA to Measure Moonquakes With Help From InSight Mars Mission
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The technology behind the two seismometers that make up NASA’s Farside Seismic Suite was used to detect more than a…

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Goddard Physicist Inducted to NASA Inventors Hall of Fame
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NASA physicist Edward J. Wollack is among those inducted into the NASA Inventors Hall of Fame this year.

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NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees
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NASA scientists are testing a technology that from orbit could more accurately measure water stored in snow.

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Primary Instrument for NASA’s Roman Completed, Begins Tests
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A team of engineers and technicians at Ball Aerospace, one of the industry partners for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space…

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What is the Lunar Explorer Instrument for Space Biology Applications?
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An experiment on the Moon’s surface that will study yeast’s biological response to the lunar environment to help understand and…

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NASA’s ComPair Balloon Mission Readies for Flight
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A team in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is preparing to fly a balloon-borne science instrument called ComPair, which will test…

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NASA’s ComPair Gamma-Ray Hunting Mission Prepares for Balloon Flight
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Engineers and scientists have shipped NASA’s ComPair instrument to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, ahead of its scheduled August flight early…

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