Biology
The physiological and biological affects of air and space flight on living organisms
Sunstorm? Been There, Done That
Solar tantrums of 1859, 1921, and 1989.
January 26, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
On the Orbiting of Species
NASA animal research practices have come a long way since the days of Able and Baker.
October 2011 |
By Mark Betancourt
Is it Real, or is it IMAX?
When the [Virginia] earthquake struck on August 23, it unnerved most of the staff and visitors at the National Air and Space Museum —except patrons in the IMAX® theaters.
October 04, 2011 |
By Pat Trenner
Washington Shifts to the Left
According to computer modeling by NASA’s QuakeSim project, Tuesday’s 5.8-magnitude earthquake in central Virginia moved the city of Washington D.C. a whopping 0.02 inches “to the northwest and downward.” The small town of Mineral, near the quake’s epicenter, shifted about 2.8 inches.
August 25, 2011 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Bad Day at Vandenberg
Ron Grabe, launch system manager for Orbital Sciences, didn't try to sugar-coat the news. "Tonight we're all pretty devastated," he said during a predawn press briefing at Vandenberg AFB today.Orbital's Taurus XL rocket had just dumped NASA's $424 million Glory climate satellite into the Pacific oc...
March 04, 2011 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Spin Down
Thousands of Air Force pilots trained on the Holloman centrifuge. Now a better ride is coming.
February 11, 2011 |
By Mark Betancourt
The Disorient Express
Despite the best training and technology, why do pilots still die from not knowing which end is up?
September 2008 |
By Tom LeCompte
When did the term "jet lag" come into use?
And has anybody found a cure?
June 18, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Laika's Tale
Fifty years after her flight, a new graphic novel recounts the saga of the dog that made space history.
November 01, 2007 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Invisible Killers
We have the technology to send astronauts to Mars. But can we return them safely to Earth?
January 2006 |
By John F. Ross
Growing Pains
It's the one area of space science in which you get to eat the experiment.
September 2003 |
By Robert Zimmerman
Barfology
What scientists haven't solved and hot-shot pilots won't talk about.
May 2002 |
By William Gregory
