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The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from schools and formal or informal educational institutions and organizations individually or working in concert to host Amateur Radio contacts next year with ISS crew members. The window to submit a proposal is April 15. ARISS anticipates that contacts will take place between January 1 and June 30, 2018. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. Proposal information and documents are on the ARRL website.

To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS seeks proposals from schools and organizations that can draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. Each FM-voice contact lasts about 10 minutes the length of a typical overhead ISS pass from horizon to horizon.

Scheduled ham radio contacts with ISS crew members allow students to interact with an astronaut or cosmonaut through a question-and-answer format. Participants and the audiences alike can learn firsthand from the astronaut or cosmonaut what its like to live and work in space and to learn about space research on the ISS. Students will be able to observe and learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science.

Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and times.

To help organizations prepare proposals, ARISS offers 1-hour online information sessions, designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process, as well as provide an avenue for interested organizations to ask questions. Attending an online Information Session is not required but is strongly encouraged.

Information Sessions for the current application window will take place on Monday, March 6, at 7 PM EST (0000 UTC on March 7) and Tuesday, March 16, at 4 PM EDT (2000 UTC). Contact ARISS to sign up and take part.

Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe sponsor these educational opportunities by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, ARISS is a collaborative effort between ARRL and AMSAT, in partnership with NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).

Contact ARISS for more information.

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A biology experiment spearheaded by two Craft Academy students at Morehead State University is en route to the International Space Station.

From the same launch pad that propelled the first moonwalkers in 1969, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off for orbit Sunday morning inside, 5,500 pounds of resupply cargo and an experiment that began in a biology classroom at MSU.

The International Space Station introduces a really new and exciting platform for us to use for biology research in microgravity, said Danielle Gibson, a student enrolled in the universitys Craft Academy.

She and Will Casto are seniors in the program, which allows select high school students to take college courses full-time. Their undertaking, involving the effect of microgravity conditions on smooth muscle cells, could give health researchers a better understanding of issues that have a big impact on Kentucky and the Appalachian region.

Smooth muscle lines are arteries and veins, so it plays an important role in conditions such as hypertension and, as we all know here in Eastern Kentucky, hypertension is a very prevalent issue facing Appalachia and its people, Gibson explained.

Both students attended Sundays launch in Florida.

According to a 2015 report from the United Health Foundation, hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure, plagues 40.3 percent of males and 37.9 percent of females in Kentucky.

The better we understand the contraction and the contractile mechanisms, the better we can manipulate it and control it hopefully for the benefit of not only Kentuckians, but for people across the globe, Casto said.

The students started the project about a year ago with Dr. Michael Fultz, biology professor and health researcher at MSU.

This is truly original research that may pave the way for potential drug development later down the road, Fultz said.

Jennifer Carter, assistant director of academic services for Craft Academy, connected the trio with Space Tango, a Lexington-based research institute that designed and engineered the containment vessel for the experiment.

[It was] a couple of students taking the initiative with a professor and then coming to me and asking how they could make their research work, and I said lets put it in space, Carter said.

The rocket launched at 9:39 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was scheduled for a 10:01 a.m. takeoff on Saturday, but was delayed due to launch concerns. It is expected to reach the ISS Wednesday.

Jacob Lindberg is a Morehead State convergent media student and staff reporter for the Trail Blazer.

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On Saturday,NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, who is currently on his space-age perch 250 miles above the world, tweeted the view of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky: "Hello Cincinnati! Nice view of the Great American Ball Park from @space_station."

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Nasa astronautPeggy Whitson has successfully managed to harvest the first batch of cabbage on the International Space Station (ISS). Whitson spent over a month tending to the crop, which was a delicate operation considering only six seeds of the cabbage were available. One of the seeds appeared to be planted at a shallower level than the rest, and did not seem to have germinated initially, but Whitson managed to coax the plant to grow. Cabbage is the fifth crop to be harvested on board the ISS.

The space station crew will eat some of the cabbage, but the rest of the harvest will be saved for further study on the ground, at theKennedy Space Center. Cabbage was chosen from a number of samples based on several criteria, including how well the plants grow and their nutritional value. Four shortlistedcandidates were further tested at theJohnson Space Centers Space Food Systems team for taste, and the cabbages turned out to be the tastiest choice of them all based on the ratings.

Astronaut Peggy Whitson with the Veggie System. Image: Nasa.

The next resupply mission by Orbital ATK will have on board theArabidopsis plant, a genetic model of the plant kingdom, making it a perfect sample for conducting studies in space. The plants were grown in the Veggie system, and Nasa plans to supply the ISS with an additional Veggie system to sit next to the current one during this year. The second Veggie system will facilitate side by side comparisons of plant growth, and will make astronauts like Whitson happy for having more space for plants in space.

TheAdvanced Plant Habitat will also make its way to the ISS, the largest space plant growth chamber by Nasa so far.

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INDORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman A S Kiran Kumar on Monday said the country has the capability to develop a space station, but it needed a long-term approach and an ambitious planning.

His comment follows ISRO display of technological prowess last week by launching 104 satellites+ in a single mission.

"We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes the decision, we will 'ok' the project. Just draw a policy and provide us necessary funds and time," Kumar said here.

He was in Indore to attend the foundation day ceremony of Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology (RRCAT).

"We still talk about what would be the immediate benefits of a manned space mission. That is why the country hasn't made up its mind about when to invest in a space station," he said.

A long-term thinking was needed for setting up a space station, he said, adding "the sooner the better."

Kumar said ISRO was also mulling tying up with the industry to enhance the country's satellite launching capability.

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SpaceX launched almost 5,500 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station on Sunday morning after scrubbing its Saturday attempt because of a potential issue with its Falcon 9 rocket.

The rocket lifted off at 6:39 a.m. PST from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the Hawthorne-based space companys first launch from Launch Complex 39A, the historicpad where the Apollo and space shuttle missions launched.

This was the first commercial launch from the pad the last mission to lift off from 39A was the final space shuttle launch in 2011.

About eight minutes after liftoff, the first-stage rocket booster landed back on land at the companys Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Baby came back, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted, followed by a snapshot of thereturn landing.

The Dragon spacecraft, which is carrying the supplies, deployed about 10 minutes after launch. It is set to arrive at the space station early Wednesday morning.

Saturdays launch was postponed just 13 seconds before liftoff so SpaceX could look into a potential issue with the thrust vector control system on the rockets second stage.

Shortly after, the company tweeted that it would take a closer look at the positioning of the second-stage engine nozzle.

99% likely to be fine, Musk tweeted Saturday. But that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice. Better to wait a day.

SpaceX determined that the potential issue was with one of two thrust vector control actuators, which help steer the second-stage engine nozzle through flight, Jessica Jensen, Dragon mission manager for SpaceX, said in a post-launch news conference.

The company replaced the actuator Saturday night and then ran tests on the pad before launch, she said.

This was the companys second launch since a launch pad explosion in September destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket and a commercial communications satellite.

Sundays launch was SpaceXs 10th mission to deliver supplies to the space station for NASA.

This is the beginning of what SpaceX hopes will be a busy period for Launch Complex 39A.

The pad has been configured to accommodate the first flight of the companys highly anticipated heavy-lift rocket, Falcon Heavy, as well as the first flight of a previously launched first-stage booster, which is slated for March, Jensen said.

The company is hoping tolaunch from Pad 39A again in about two weeks, she said.

Meanwhile, Jensen said renovations will continue on Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, which was damaged during the September explosion. SpaceX has completed all of its inspections at the launch pad but still needs to do a majority of the work there, Jensen said.

During a Friday briefing with reporters, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said Space Launch Complex 40 should be operational by the summer.

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This is it, UFO fans believe absolute proof that NASA is in league with aliens, and us poor sheeple on Earth are being kept in the dark.

A YouTube video has captured what conspiracy nuts believe is not one but SIX gigantic alien spacecraft flying past the Space Station.

As usual, NASAs feed cuts out at the crucial moment making conspiracy fans even more certain that something fishy is up.

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The highly excitable alien hunter Tyler Glockner of Secure Team 10 says, He has discovered what some are calling a fleet of unidentified flying objects moving in the distance behind the International Space Station.

We have about six UFOs passing behind, and judging from the distance, I would guess that the size of these objects, whatever they are, would be fairly large.

Much larger than Nasas typical excuse of ice particles, we must be looking at icebergs.

Others are a little more sceptical.

Such sightings actually happen with surprising regularity and NASA has repeatedly said theyre just distortions in the lens, not alien craft parking at the ISS.

Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual says, The constant sightings of UFOs near the ISS are mainly due to reflections and space junk, and it is down to wishful thinking that images sent back from the space station are of alien craft.

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(NNPA) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected astronaut Jeanette Epps to join the crew of the International Space Station in 2018. Epps will become the first Black crewmember to represent the U.S. on the station.

The journey will mark the first time Epps has traveled to orbit, allowing her to follow in the footsteps of the women who, she said, inspired her to become an astronaut.

While other Black astronauts have flown to the Space Station for brief stays during the outposts construction, Epps will be the first Black crewmember to live and work on the station for an extended period of time. Her journey aboard the Soyuz spacecraft and stay at the station places her as the only American and female among a crew made up of mostly Russians and men.

Im a person just like they are. I do the same work as they do, Epps told a group of STEM students at her Syracuse alma mater, Danforth Middle School. If something breaks, anyone of us will have to be able to go out the door. We have to be jacks of all trades. Its not a job thats like any other.

While working on her doctorate, Epps was a NASA graduate student Researchers Project fellow, authoring several journal and conference articles about her research. After completing her graduate studies, Epps worked in a research lab for more than two years, co-authoring multiple patents, before being recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). She was a CIA technical intelligence officer for about seven years before being selected as a member of the 2009 astronaut class.

Anything you dont know is going to be hard at first, Epps said in a video statement about the launch. But if you stay the course, put the time and effort in, it will become seamless eventually.

Epps, in the NASA video interview, shared when she was first introduced to the idea that she could be an astronaut. It was about 1980, I was nine years old. My brother came home and he looked at my grades and my twin sisters grades and he said, You know, you guys can probably become aerospace engineers or even astronauts, Epps said. And this was at the time that Sally Ride [the first American woman to fly in space] and a group of women were selected to become astronauts the first time in history. So, he made that comment and I said, Wow, that would be so cool.

Epps will join veteran NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel at the Space Station. On Feustels first long-duration mission, he served as a flight engineer on Expedition 55, and later as commander of Expedition 56.

Each space station crew brings something different to the table, and Drew and Jeanette both have a lot to offer, said Chris Cassidy, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, in a statement. The space station will benefit from having them on board.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville is trying to put an end to strokes by utilizing space.

Mayo Clinic said stem cells from its lab were on board Sundays SpaceX launch. The goal is to see if the cells mass produce in space. If so, they could be used for treating strokes and finding a cure.

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Experts are eager to know whether these special cells, which are derived from the bodys bone marrow, can be more quickly mass-produced in microgravity.

At Mayo Clinic, research drives everything we do for patients, says Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., vice president, Mayo Clinic, and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida. This space cargo carries important material for research that could hold the key for developing future treatments for stroke a debilitating health issue. Research such as this accelerates scientific discoveries into breakthrough therapies and critical advances in patient care.

Dr. Abba Zubair said the cells can also be used to repair damaged organs. The only way right now to deal with that is a transplant, and with so many people on waiting lists he said the cells could be a game-changer.

So the next option is to really harness the power of stem cells, so we can use these cells to repair the organ, Zubair said. It's quite an exciting opportunity.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A SpaceX rocket soared from NASAs long-idled moonshot pad Sunday, sending up space station supplies from the exact spot where astronauts embarked on the lunar landings nearly a half-century ago.

It was the first flight from NASAs legendary Launch Complex 39A since the shuttle program ended almost six years ago, and SpaceXs first liftoff from Florida since a rocket explosion last summer.

The crowds at Kennedy Space Center watched eagerly as the unmanned Falcon 9 rocket took flight with a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station. They got barely 10 seconds of viewing before clouds swallowed up the Falcon as it thundered skyward.

As a special treat, SpaceX landed its leftover booster back at Cape Canaveral eight minutes after liftoff, a feat accomplished only twice before. Most of SpaceXs eight successful booster landings have used ocean platforms. As they did during the shuttle era, sonic booms heralded Sundays return.

SpaceX employees at company flight headquarters in Southern California cheered as the 15-story booster landed upright at its designated parking spot at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

SpaceX chief Elon Musk celebrated the successful touchdown via Twitter. Baby came back, he tweeted.

The celebratory roar grew when the Dragon cargo ship successfully reached orbit a couple of minutes later. It will reach the space station Wednesday, delivering 5,500 pounds of food, clothes and experiments.

It was SpaceXs second launch attempt in a row. Saturdays effort was foiled by last-minute rocket concerns. The repairs paid off, and even the clouds parted enough to ensure a safe flight.

Musk said hes honored to use Launch Complex 39A. The company hopes to launch astronauts from this spot next year, bringing U.S. crew launches back to home soil after a longer-than-intended hiatus. SpaceX Mars missions, first robots and then people, could follow from here.

If the pad weathered Sundays launch well, another Falcon could be standing there for a satellite send-up in just two weeks.

Kennedy Space Centers director Robert Cabana, a former shuttle commander who flew four times from 39A, is thrilled to see the pad used for commercial flights like this instead of just sitting out there and rusting away. Its a stark contrast, he noted, to the depression that followed the final shuttle mission in 2011.

It was a momentous comeback for SpaceX. The last time SpaceX had a rocket ready to fly from Cape Canaveral, it blew up on a neighboring pad during prelaunch testing on Sept. 1. Although the company successfully returned to flight last month from California, the focus was on getting leased Launch Complex 39A ready for action given that the pad with the accident was left unusable. The damaged pad should be back in action later this year.

Built in the mid-1960s for the massive Saturn V moon rockets, Launch Complex 39A has now seen 95 launches. Apollo 11s Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins left Earth from here on July 16, 1969, on the first moon-landing mission. The first space shuttle pilots, John Young and Robert Crippen, soared from here on April 12, 1981.

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MOREHEAD A biology experiment spearheaded by two Craft Academy students at Morehead State University is en route to the International Space Station.

From the same launch pad that propelled the first moonwalkers in 1969, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off for orbit Sunday morning inside, 5,500 pounds of resupply cargo and an experiment that began in a biology classroom at MSU.

The International Space Station introduces a really new and exciting platform for us to use for biology research in microgravity, said Danielle Gibson, a student enrolled in the universitys Craft Academy.

She and Will Casto are seniors in the program, which allows select high school students to take college courses full-time. Their undertaking, involving the effect of microgravity conditions on smooth muscle cells, could give health researchers a better understanding of issues that have a big impact on Kentucky and the Appalachian region.

Smooth muscle lines are arteries and veins, so it plays an important role in conditions such as hypertension and, as we all know here in Eastern Kentucky, hypertension is a very prevalent issue facing Appalachia and its people, Gibson explained.

Both students attended Sundays launch in Florida.

The Space X Falcon rocket launches Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, from the Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A. (Handout Photo/Space X)

According to a 2015 report from the United Health Foundation, hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure, plagues 40.3 percent of males and 37.9 percent of females in Kentucky.

The better we understand the contraction and the contractile mechanisms, the better we can manipulate it and control it hopefully for the benefit of not only Kentuckians, but for people across the globe, Casto said.

ORLANDO, Fla. The payload Will Casto travel to Florida to see blasted into space is about ha

The students started the project about a year ago with Dr. Michael Fultz, biology professor and health researcher at MSU.

This is truly original research that may pave the way for potential drug development later down the road, Fultz said.

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Jennifer Carter, assistant director of academic services for Craft Academy, connected the trio with Space Tango, a Lexington-based research institute that designed and engineered the containment vessel for the experiment.

[It was] a couple of students taking the initiative with a professor and then coming to me and asking how they could make their research work, and I said lets put it in space, Carter said.

The rocket launched at 9:39 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was scheduled for a 10:01 a.m. takeoff on Saturday, but was delayed due to launch concerns. It is expected to reach the ISS Wednesday.

Jacob Lindberg is a Morehead State convergent media student and staff reporter for the Trail Blazer

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By: PTI | Washington | Published:February 19, 2017 1:44 pm In this frame from NASA TV, the SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station bearing supplies on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (NASA TV via AP)

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have harvested the first crop of Chinese cabbage after spending nearly a month tending to the leafy greens, according to NASA. While the space station crew will get to eat some of the Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage harvested by astronaut Peggy Whitson, the rest is being saved for scientific study back at NASAs Kennedy Space Centre.

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This is the fifth crop grown aboard the station, and the first Chinese cabbage. The crop was chosen after evaluating several leafy vegetables on a number of criteria, such as how well they grow and their nutritional value. The top four candidates were sent to NASAs Johnson Space Centers Space Food Systems team, where they brought in volunteer tasters to sample the choices.

The Tokyo Bekana turned out to be the most highly rated in all the taste categories, NASA said. Astronauts often report that their taste buds dull during spaceflight, and they frequently add hot sauce, honey or soy sauce to otherwise bland-tasting fare.

One explanation for this may be that, in a reduced gravity environment, the fluid in astronauts bodies shifts around equally, rather than being pulled down into their legs as were accustomed to on Earth. However, there is a backup plan to ensure the crews culinary delight.

If the fresh Chinese cabbage they grew does not awaken their taste buds on its own, packets of ranch dressing were also sent up to help them enjoy the fruits (or veggies) of their labour, NASA said.

This year, a second veggie system will be sent up to be seated next to the current one. It will provide side-by-side comparisons for future plant experiments and will hopefully make astronauts happy to have a bigger space garden. Aboard the next resupply mission to the space station will be an experiment involving Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant, and petri plates inside the veggie facility.

Arabidopsis is the genetic model of the plant world, making it a perfect sample organism for performing genetic studies. These experiments will provide a key piece of the puzzle of how plants adjust their physiology to meet the needs of growing in a place outside their evolutionary experience, said Dr Anna Lisa Paul, the principal Investigator, from University of Florida in the U.S. And the more complete our understanding, the more success we will have in future missions as we take plants with us off planet, Paul added.

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While working on her doctorate, Epps was a NASA graduate student Researchers Project fellow, authoring several journal and conference articles about her research. After completing her graduate studies, Epps worked in a research lab for more than two years, co-authoring multiple patents, before being recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). She was a CIA technical intelligence officer for about seven years before being selected as a member of the 2009 astronaut class.

Anything you dont know is going to be hard at first, Epps said in a video statement about the launch. But if you stay the course, put the time and effort in, it will become seamless eventually.

Epps, in the NASA video interview, shared when she was first introduced to the idea that she could be an astronaut. It was about 1980, I was nine years old. My brother came home and he looked at my grades and my twin sisters grades and he said, You know, you guys can probably become aerospace engineers or even astronauts, Epps said. And this was at the time that Sally Ride [the first American woman to fly in space] and a group of women were selected to become astronauts the first time in history. So, he made that comment and I said, Wow, that would be so cool.

Epps will join veteran NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel at the Space Station. On Feustels first long-duration mission, he served as a flight engineer on Expedition 55, and later as commander of Expedition 56.

Each space station crew brings something different to the table, and Drew and Jeanette both have a lot to offer, said Chris Cassidy, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, in a statement. The space station will benefit from having them on board.

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The YouTube video taken from NASA camera on the ISS itself shows one faded object appear to pass the space station.

Then four clearer objects appear to pass, followed by a sixth faded one.

The footage was uploaded by YouTube user Streetcap 1 who spends hours scouring ISS live cams looking for anomalies.

He has posted several clips of alleged UFOs by the ISS, but many have been exposed as nothing more than lens flares being projected out by the camera after light reffacted inside the lens.

But, the latest video is one of the more intriguing ones.

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So, the aliens were fully aware that they would be seen on the live internet cameras and they just didn't give a flying f***.

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The video, uploaded this month, has been picked up by UFO blogger Scott C Waring.

He blogged on ufosightingsdaily.com: "This amazing catch was by Streetcap1 of Youtube as he watched the space station and caught a fleet of UFOs doing a fly by of the ISS.

"They came in close and they came within about 30 to 50 meters."

He claimed it was proof they were alien spaceships.

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He added: "So, the aliens were fully aware that they would be seen on the live internet cameras and they just didn't give a flying f***.

"You see, on Earth, aliens in the most part, have to follow our rules, especially the rules made by former presidents that say that alien cannot reveal themselves to humans...yet.

"But in space, its their home turf, and that means, their rules. As you can see for yourself, they do as they please."

But, Scott Brando, a forensic UFO investigator, who runs hoax-busting website ufoofinterest.org, said it was just paticles of ice floating past, that were out of focus, giving an orb-like appearance.

He also said that the footage dated back to 2010, and was being re-run on YouTube, withoutthis pointed out.

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Before you start to worry, this isn't a sign of an impending apocalypse. Working in conjunction with NASA, lead researcher Dr. Anita Goel hopes that by sending MRSA bacteria to a zero-gravity environment, we can better understand how superbugs mutate to become resistant to available antibiotics. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, sometimes called a staph, is resistant to the antibiotic methicillin and many others. It can cause a variety of health problems including sepsis, pneumonia and skin and bloodstream infections.

Goel is a medical doctor and a physicist. She's also chairwoman and CEO of her lab and company, Nanobiosym which seeks out breakthroughs and technologies that span and combine physics, biomedicine and nanotechnology.

"We are excited to put MRSA on the International Space Station and investigate the effects of microgravity on the growth and mutation patterns of these bugs," Goel said at a NASA news conference last week. "I have this hypothesis that microgravity will accelerate the mutation patterns. If we can use microgravity as an accelerator to fast-forward and get a sneak preview of what these mutations will look like, then we can essentially build smarter drugs on Earth."

Goel is also interested to see the changes in the gene expression patterns of this bacteria.

This all connects back to Goel's initial interest in the effect of an environment on DNA and what can be retrieved from it.

"The DNA is like a piano. The info in the DNA sequence is only part of what makes the music of an organism," she said. "The info embedded in the environment interplays with what is embedded in the DNA sequence, and together, they determine the music that the organism plays."

"If indeed we can use the ISS as an accelerator, an incubator, to know what future mutations of superbugs like MRSA will be, we use that info to develop better algorithms on Earth to inform drug discovery and faster ways to get to smarter drugs that are more personalized and more precisely targeted to a bug or strain at hand. We can have those drugs ready before the mutations even show up on Earth."

For anyone concerned about delivering a superbug to astronauts within the cramped quarters of the space station, Goel offered reassurance that they will never come directly into contact with the bacteria. This isn't NASA's first rodeo with bacteria or superbugs on the station, she said.

The bacteria will be sealed with three levels of containment and tightly packaged, including a portable habitat that is protected from rapid depressurization and even the rigors of traveling on a rocket to the station.

Goel is curious to see the effects of not only microgravity on the bacteria but electromagnetic radiation and other unanticipated elements. Studying anything in space is going to afford new understanding across multiple fields, she said.

"I think the space station and microgravity is an excuse for us to relook at our accepted paradigms and ways of thinking from a fresh perspective, and once we do that, we learn new things and discover new ways of looking at old things and looking at old data in new ways."

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Calling all stargazers! Take a look at the sky tonight to catch the International Space Station cruise across the sky.

On Friday, Feb. 17, you will be able tosee the stationat 7:53 p.m. for two minutes. Catch the second sighting on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7:01 p.m. for three minutes.

Wondering what you should be looking for? The station resembles a bright star or airplane, but it will be moving much faster than a jet. NASA has a guide to finding the station in the night sky.

NASA commander Shane Kimbrough, a Smyrna native and Georgia Tech grad,and two other Russian cosmonauts launched into space from Kazakhstan in October to conduct science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development.

Although the crew members wont hit solid ground for a few more weeks, Kimbrough has been giving folks an inside look at his experience. Just last month,he tweeted a photo of his hometown from 250 miles above Earth.

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How to see the International Space Station from Atlanta this weekend - Atlanta Journal Constitution

WASHINGTON: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have harvested the first crop of Chinese cabbage after spending nearly a month tending to the leafy greens, according to NASA.

While the space station crew will get to eat some of the Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage harvested by astronaut Peggy Whitson, the rest is being saved for scientific study back at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre.

This is the fifth crop grown aboard the station, and the first Chinese cabbage. The crop was chosen after evaluating several leafy vegetables on a number of criteria, such as how well they grow and their nutritional value.

The top four candidates were sent to NASA's Johnson Space Center's Space Food Systems team, where they brought in volunteer tasters to sample the choices.

The Tokyo Bekana turned out to be the most highly rated in all the taste categories, NASA said.

Astronauts often report that their taste buds dull during spaceflight, and they frequently add hot sauce, honey or soy sauce to otherwise bland-tasting fare.

One explanation for this may be that, in a reduced gravity environment, the fluid in astronauts' bodies shifts around equally, rather than being pulled down into their legs as we're accustomed to on Earth.

However, there is a backup plan to ensure the crew's culinary delight.

If the fresh Chinese cabbage they grew does not awaken their taste buds on its own, packets of ranch dressing were also sent up to help them enjoy the fruits (or veggies) of their labour, NASA said.

This year, a second Veggie system will be sent up to be seated next to the current one. It will provide side-by-side comparisons for future plant experiments and will hopefully make astronauts happy to have a bigger space garden.

Aboard the next resupply mission to the space station will be an experiment involving Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant, and petri plates inside the Veggie facility.

Arabidopsis is the genetic model of the plant world, making it a perfect sample organism for performing genetic studies.

"These experiments will provide a key piece of the puzzle of how plants adjust their physiology to meet the needs of growing in a place outside their evolutionary experience," said Dr Anna Lisa Paul, the principal Investigator, from University of Florida in the US.

"And the more complete our understanding, the more success we will have in future missions as we take plants with us off planet," said Paul.

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Cabbage harvested aboard space station: NASA - Economic Times

(KUTV) A Utah viral YouTube star and his staff aren't leaving their office this Friday ... instead they will be locked in until they hit 1 million YouTube subscribers.

He had 951,800 subscribers on YouTube, as of early Friday evening. Watch the live video below to see what Shonduras and the Spacestation crew are up to and chat with them live to cheer them on.

Why would anyone voluntarily do this to themselves? Well, because Shaun McBride of Syracuse, who was recently named Forbes Magazine 30 under 30, isn't used to conventional ideas like going home on the weekend. Instead he had an idea. He thought about keeping himself and his crew locked inside the "spacestation," the name they use to refer to their office space, until they hit a goal. The Weber State University Communication graduate realized this could result in a number of outcomes -- but what Forbes 30 under 30 business owner hasn't taken a chance?

Less than an hour into the lock in a few of the crew members were already wondering what they had done to themselves.

"I think we put ourself in an awkward situation where we hold ourselves hostage," one spacestation crew member said during the live stream event.

McBride told KUTV that the rate of getting new subscribers varies, but on average it takes about two weeks to get 10,000 new ones. One of the staff members piped up during the live stream that his brother did some quick analytics math and estimated at their current rate they would hit 1 million subscribers in ... 81 hours.

McBride started his social media venture on Snapchat, where he has amassed more than 600,000 followers. and it evolved over time into what it is today.

Shonduras has teamed up with big names like Samsung and Google and a number of other brands to help them develop social strategy and create branded content, according to Forbes.

If you are looking for all the ways to follow Shonduras and their vlogs check out the options below:

Snapchat

Instagram

YouTube

Twitter

Facebook

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The 31-second video appears to focus on the outside of the American station and within seconds, 'six large' glowing orbs crept past the camera.

According to the Daily Mail the sighting was originally spotted by Youtube user Streetcap1, who then shared the clip online.

The video was shared with alien conspiracy website SecureTeam and Tyler from group told the website that he believed the items would be "fairly large".

"Much larger than NASA's typical excuse of ice particles, we must be looking at icebergs."

Tyler explained that suspiciously NASA cut the live feed and replaced it with feed from camera showing the inside of a briefing room.

Last month John Craddick, from Wolverhampton in the UK, claimed he spotted another UFO on the ISS live feed.

He told the Mirror: "I've been watching it [the live feed] for years but never seen any UFOs on it before.

"I was showing a friend how it worked at around 11.30pm when the feed cut out, and 35 seconds after it came back on, this object appeared.

"At first it was really small and then it grew bigger, lasting for about 25 seconds," he said.

Mr Craddick claims that it must be alien because "nothing human can fly that high"

Below shows a similar occurrence that happened in 2015.

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Six UFOs 'creep past' International Space Station before NASA 'cuts live feed' - Irish Independent