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Continue ReadingThe International Space Station National Lab highlighted Astronematode in a recent press release
SpaceX CRS-19 Mission Overview
Continue ReadingAmaryllis Nucleics joins the mission
We would like to welcome Amaryllis Nucleics to the AstroNematode team! They are providing RNA Seq services for the project.
Continue ReadingT-43 Days to launch!
We have 43 days till launch and I am evaluating the flight configuration experiments. I’m looking at the progress of the experiments themselves and evaluating the integrity of the tubes and the seals. We want to make sure that nothing escapes on the space station.
Continue ReadingT-73 AstroNematode Flight Configuration
Karl Cameron Schiller briefly explains the AstroNematode experiment and starts a flight configuration experiment for NASA safety testing. The goal is to make sure nothing unexpected happens that could pos problems on station. It also gives us a chance to practice setting up the experiment and to streamline our protocols.
Continue ReadingPodcast: Farming in Space
Future of Agriculture Podcast Host Tim Hammerich interviewed Dr. Ray Wheeler who is a NASA’s Plant Physiologist and the lead for Advanced Life Support Research activities in the Exploration Research and Technology Program at Kennedy Space Center. Listen to Future of Agriculture, interview with Dr. Wheeler “Farming in Space“.Here are some of Dr. Wheeler’s research which he talks about in this podcast. You can also listen to the podcast at PlayerFM, Applepodcasts The research he’s conducted that has made it in today’s agriculture industry. How NASA helped in terrestrial applications of space farming. His recent projects that could be applied commercially in the future. Solving the ever-increasing CO2 emissions with… Read More
Continue ReadingStarship Nematode
One Tiny Step for a Nematode, One Big Step Toward Sustainable Agriculture in Space By Sharon DurhamFebruary 20, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC, February 20, 2019—An exciting collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym(Alachua, FL), will send nematodes (small round worms) into space to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission represents a look into the future where food crops will be grown in space. Keep reading
Continue ReadingT -2 days until the AstroNematode IndieGoGo launch!
Take a look at the AstroNematode IndieGoGo pre-launch page. Follow us on @indiegogo, like, and share!
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