NASA – Science & research news

3 bacterial strains discovered on space station may help grow plants on Mars

March 15, 2021

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Interior view from the International Space Station cupola. Image: NASA Swab samples of 8 surfaces aboard the International Space [...]

NASA space data can cut disaster response times, costs

December 10, 2019

Using near-real-time satellite data could improve emergency management: Frontiers in Environmental Science [...]

Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight – NASA investigates

March 18, 2019

The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy; Frontiers in Microbiology [...]

News from #AGU15: NASA’s LADEE mission

January 13, 2016

Our colleague Laura Smart, Journal Coordinator in our Physical Sciences and Engineering program, represented Frontiers at the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting [...]