NASA's Math and Science at Work

09/18/2014

NASA's Space Radiation Summer School, a veritable physics and biology mashup, exposes students to a broad spectrum of space radiation research and expertise.

08/18/2014

NASA Immunologist Brian Crucian discusses the findings of a collaborative investigation that determined spaceflight causes changes to the immune system.

08/18/2014

Study Reveals Immune System is Dazed and Confused During Spaceflight

Collaborative investigation identifies changes in the immune system during spaceflight.

05/28/2014

Help us better understand exercise in microgravity, these shoes will. The force is strong with the ForceShoe, the most stylish sandal in space.

Maintaining astronaut bone and muscle health in microgravity is an ongoing concern for NASA, and now the agency is “forcing” the issue with a new investigation.

03/19/2014

: http://youtu.be/U8vkEvqMvMw

Analogs have been used for a very long time at NASA and they continually refine and evolve over time but the concepts of analogs always stay the same.

03/19/2014

: http://www.nasa.gov/content/give-me-some-space/ #.Uyi0DCm9LCQ

If two is company and three is a crowd, what is four – especially when you are living and working in close quarters and under stress for several days? That is what NASA’s Flight Analogs Project, funded by NASA’s Human Research Program, set to find out.

03/18/2014

Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center are using spaceflight analogs to study isolation and confinement.

If two is company and three is a crowd, what is four – especially when you are living and working in close quarters and under stress for several days? That is what NASA’s Flight Analogs Project, funded by NASA’s Human Research Program, set to find out.

03/07/2014

Craig Kundrot, Ph.D. and deputy chief scientist of NASA's Human Research Program, explains the investigations chosen for the agency's study of twins Scott and Mark Kelly.

On March 7, NASA announced the selection of 10 investigations for the study of identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly and, in doing so, launched huma...

03/07/2014

The ten investigations chosen for NASA's study of twins Mark and Scott Kelly will provide the agency with broader insight into the subtle effects and changes that may occur in spaceflight as compared to Earth-based environments.

On March 7, NASA announced the selection of 10 investigations for the study of identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly and, in doing so, launched human space life science research into a new era.

02/04/2014

NASA is now evaluating new technologies for measuring spaceflight-related vision impairment and intracranial pressure non-invasively. Learn more here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7bFzviLgTQ

This Human Research Program 'Research to Outreach' video featuring NASA Clinical Translational Scientist Jennifer Fogarty explains the risk of vision impairm...

11/18/2013

Calling up the International Space Station and talking to astronauts can be a life-changing event to a young student.

In this chapter of Benefits for Humanity: In Their Own Words, learn how a student in Illinois was inspired to pursue his college education and later career b...

11/15/2013

This is a great interview with Astronaut Rick Mastracchio who is currently serving as flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 38. What an inspiration to students who have an interest in math and science. Also just a great example of how persistence is what is needed to accomplish your goals!

"It took nine years from the point of that application to get selected as an astronaut, but it goes back to my interest in math and science."