Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata The International Space Station, also known as ISS, is an orbital laboratory located in low-Earth orbit (LEO) that has hosted numerous astronauts for maintenance and scientific experiments in its microgravity environment. Over the last six years, astronauts from various crews have collected samples from eight different locations on the space […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata With the advancement in Science and Technologies, our astronauts are preparing themselves for future space missions to explore their neighborhood. In order to traverse a long stretch of distance to reach other planets like Mars, space-traveling time will surely increase, driving the crew farther away from Earth. Inturn increasing […]
Subhrajit Barua, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia Scientists have engineered mice to edit their muscle-bound genes in an attempt to see how human astronauts could be protected against large-scale muscle and bone density loss during long-duration space flights. After a brief stay on the International Space Station, the mice are now helping scientists to figure […]
