Dragon spacecraft to deliver research supplies and caffeine boost to Space Station

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Mondays scheduled launch will act as an errand runner for the International Space Station and the Dragon resupply spacecraft is loaded up with research equipment.

This delivery will bring an array of supplies to help assist astronauts perform experiments while in space. Let's take a look at some of the research happening at the world's laboratory in orbit.

NASA Astronaut and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are human health study subjects as part of their one-year mission living in space. Scientists hope to better understand how humans handle long-duration spaceflight from them. The Fluid Shifts Study will use Kelly and Kornienko to watch the shifting position of bodily fluids, think blood and water. Fluid creates pressure in the brain and at the back of the eye, causing the eye to change shape, which could explain the change in vision some astronauts have a experienced.

Astronauts now bring adjustable eyeglasses to ISS, even if they dont need them on Earth, because some astronauts slowly get farsighted after long periods in orbit,according to a recent Atlantic story.

Scientists hope to find a way to avoid change in vision for astronauts with the help of the Fluid Shifts Study. The results may help develop treatments for people on Earth confined to bed rest or with brain swelling.

Also headed up to the Space Station are supplies for ISSpresso, an espresso maker for the crew members to make coffee and other hot beverages, but its also an experiment. The crew will try out new cups as part of the Capillary Beverage study. They are designed to mimic the role of gravity, which would be an improvement to drinking out of a pouch with a straw all the time.

Wired UK created this graphic to show how astronauts use ISSpresso, made by Italian coffee makers Lavazza, it's a kind of a process.

The ISSpresso could lead to new brewing methods on Earth, so look out Starbucks.

This will be the sixth SpaceX resupply delivery mission to the Space Station. Watch live video of the launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station onorlandosentinel.com/goforlaunch Monday, April 13 at 4:33 p.m.

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'Space-age' research looks to provide new human health insights

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Imagine if all of your physiological changes were hyper accelerated so that you passed through life cycles in weeks as opposed to decades. You'd be able to grow a beard overnight or your hair might begin graying in a matter of days or maybe menopause would come knocking by next weekend. This may seem like a far stretch from reality, but spaceflight causes significant physiological changes including an accelerated loss of muscle and bone density, and immune system dysfunction that parallel the effects of natural aging here on Earth. This makes the International Space Station (ISS) is an ideal place for scientists to conduct research on aging at a "space-aged" pace.

One of the several investigations that are part of the second rodent research mission, Rodent Research-2 will focus on the age-old phenomenon of aging. This research, sponsored by Novartis Biomedical Research Institute, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) is slated to launch to the space station via SpaceX-6. Researchers will use the study to analyze how spaceflight and exposure to the microgravity environment impacts a model organism's musculoskeletal system.

Studying the disease mechanisms of muscle wasting and bone loss, which are associated with both spaceflight and aging, can provide greater insight into these processes and help to identify potential new drug targets and develop new therapeutics for other conditions as well. Advanced treatments for diseases like osteoporosis, muscular dystrophy, cancer, spinal cord injury, and kidney failure could all be developed through valuable data gained through this investigation and subsequent studies.

The musculoskeletal system is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, cartilage and joints. This biological system is greatly affected by the aging process and certain diseases, as well as spaceflight. Researchers anticipate that the science conducted on the space station will provide insight into molecular variations induced by spaceflight, and can applied to our knowledge of similar changes on Earth.

The ISS National Lab is now equipped with specialized hardware, like the Bone Densitometer Locker. This facility, which launched with the previous rodent research mission, allows scientists to gather data in real time. Researchers will track numerous data points from the mice test subjects, including gene expression, various biomarkers from several biological systems, and molecular changes within musculoskeletal tissues.

A second part of the Rodent Research-2 study is scheduled to launch aboard SpaceX-7 and will include three separate investigations sponsored by NASA. Michael Pecaut, Ph.D., of Loma Linda University is the principal investigator for a study of the effects of spaceflight on immune system function. Michael Delp, Ph.D., of Florida State University, is the principal investigator for a study of spaceflight-induced changes in the structure of the blood-brain barrier. Data from a third study of the effect of spaceflight on liver metabolism and gene expression will be shared with the scientific community via GeneLab, NASA's new open access system for sharing of genomics data gained from research in space. NASA's Ames Research Center is responsible for carrying out all of the CASIS and NASA-funded science on this mission.

Collaboration between other government agencies and commercial entities, facilitated by CASIS and NASA, are helping to maximize the research capabilities of the ISS National Lab for the benefit of Earth.

We may still have to wait years to experience our own aging--which is likely a good thing--but thanks to space station research we may have help for treating those age-related challenges through the accelerated knowledge gained through studies like Rodent Research-2.

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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Honored by Alabama Legislature; Lawmakers Learn About Journey to Mars

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The Alabama Legislature honored NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, today and heard about work on the Space Launch System and other technology being developed to carry explorers deeper into space than ever before, to asteroids and on to Mars.

Marshall Center Director Patrick Scheuermann, astronaut Scott Tingle, and Robert Hillan, a high-school senior from Enterprise, Alabama, met with Gov. Robert Bentley, Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey and other officials during "NASA Alabama Aerospace Day" at the Alabama State House in Montgomery. They also visited the Alabama House and Senate Chambers, where proclamations were read recognizing NASA and the Marshall Center's contributions to the state's economy, education and history, as well as to the nation's space program.

"We're very proud to continue a partnership with the State of Alabama that began with the creation of the Marshall Center in 1960," Scheuermann said. "Here, together, we made it possible for mankind to take the first steps into space and onto the surface of the moon. Today, together, we are building the rockets and making discoveries that will make it possible for explorers to stand on Mars."

Marshall has always made partnerships a priority and is a well-known leader in efforts to promote the participation of small business in NASA's programs. On April 7, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden honored Marshall with the Small Business Administrator's Cup -- the fourth time the center has earned the cup in the award's seven-year history.

"I am very proud the Marshall team has again been recognized for reaching out to work with the small business community across Alabama and the country," Scheuermann said. "We know that, in addition to creating jobs and benefiting the economy, partnerships with small businesses are essential to our mission success."

The theme of the 2015 NASA Alabama Aerospace Day and activities is "Join us on the journey." NASA's mission success depends on a partnership among government, industry, business and academia to develop the technology and skills needed for a journey to Mars, and for the ongoing journey of discovery.

Hillan, though still in high school, is helping develop the skills and technology that will enable deep-space missions. He was the first-place winner in the national Future Engineers 3-D Printing in Space Tool Challenge in January. Later this year he will visit the Marshall Center to watch, alongside mission controllers in the Payload Operations Integration Center, as his Multipurpose Precision Maintenance Tool is 3-D printed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

"Today's students are tomorrow's space travelers," said Niki Werkheiser, 3-D print project manager at the Marshall Center. "The tool Robert designed and the tests we are doing aboard the space station are the first steps toward the 3-D print-on-demand kind of 'machine shop' that we must have on long-duration space missions."

NASA Alabama Aerospace day is part of 2015 Aerospace Week activities that included visits by Marshall Center representatives to schools and Boys and Girls Clubs in Montgomery, and a career fair April 7 at Alabama State University.

On April 8, the Alabama-NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Procurement Suppliers Conference was presented by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and the Alabama State University Small Business Development Center. Marshall Center managers spoke about how businesses can partner with NASA for work on the Space Launch System and other programs.

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In 1997 when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, was launched, its mission was scheduled to last just a few years. Now, 17 years later, the TRMM mission has come to an end. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) stopped TRMM's science operations and data collection on April 8 after the spacecraft depleted its fuel reserves.

TRMM observed rainfall rates over the tropics and subtropics, where two-thirds of the world's rainfall occurs. TRMM carried the first precipitation radar flown in space, which returned data that were made into 3-D imagery, enabling scientists to see the internal structure of storms for the first time.

TRMM also carried a microwave imager, a state-of-the-art instrument that had the highest resolution images of rainfall at the time. Together with three other sensors - the Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS), the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), and the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument - scientists used TRMM data to explore weather events, climate, and Earth's water cycle.

The cutting-edge TRMM instruments arrived in orbit at the right time to take advantage of the explosion of computing power and major advances in data-sharing.

"In the early 1990s, sharing data consisted of nine-track data tapes in the mail," said research meteorologist George Huffman at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "By the time you got to the 2000s, it became possible to actually share data online. Once we got that piece in place, people were asking, 'Oh, can you send me that data?' Eventually they wanted to see it all the time."

Scientists at Goddard originally intended TRMM's data to be used purely for precipitation research, but before long, people and organizations outside NASA were using it for a variety of purposes.

"The data were being heavily used for tropical cyclone monitoring and forecasting," said TRMM Project Scientist Scott Braun at Goddard. "It was being used for flood detection and monitoring. It was also used for drought monitoring, disease monitoring -- where diseases are most prevalent in areas of heavy precipitation and flooding."

The scientific community considered TRMM's data so critical to research and many practical applications that in 2001, at the end of TRMM's primary mission, NASA wanted to extend the mission for as long as possible.

TRMM's original flight altitude was optimized for the precipitation radar. To obtain precipitation profiles through the depth of the lower atmosphere and to concentrate the measurements in the tropics, the orbit was confined to 35 degrees north to 35 degrees south latitude at an altitude of 350 km (217.5 miles). At this altitude, Earth's atmosphere is still sufficiently dense to cause drag on the spacecraft, slowing it down, which progressively lowers its altitude.

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When NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) launches on its first flight, it will be doing some serious multi-tasking. Not only will Exploration Mission-1 test the performance of SLS and its integration with the Orion spacecraft - the agency plans to use its massive lift capability to carry nearly a dozen nano-satellites to conduct science experiments beyond low Earth orbit.

NASA's newest rocket will launch Orion on an uncrewed test flight to a distant retrograde orbit around the moon. Tucked inside the stage adapter - the ring connecting Orion to the top propulsion stage of the SLS - will be 11 self-contained small satellites, each about the size of a large shoebox.

"NASA is taking advantage of a great opportunity to conduct more science beyond our primary focus of this mission," said Jody Singer manager of the Flight Programs and Partnerships Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "While this new vehicle will enable missions beyond Earth orbit, we're taking steps to increase the scientific and exploration capability of SLS by accommodating small, CubeSat-class payloads."

About 10 minutes after Orion and its service module escape the pull of Earth's gravity, the two will disconnect and Orion will proceed toward the moon. Once Orion is a safe distance away, the small payloads will begin to be deployed, all at various times during the flight depending on the particular missions.

These CubeSats are small nano-satellites designed to be efficient and versatile. The masses of these secondary payloads are light - no heavier than 30 pounds (14 kilograms) - and will not require any extra power from the vehicle to function. They will essentially piggyback on the SLS flight, providing what otherwise would be costly access to deep space.

"We are expanding the capabilities of this particular SLS test flight," said Joseph Pelfrey, deputy manager of the Exploration and Space Transportation Development Office at Marshall. "The rocket will be the strongest ever built by NASA and we want to take advantage of that design. Flying secondary payloads is something we plan to do for missions to come and provide the science community an opportunity they haven't had before."

The dispensers on the adapter ring will be built with commercially available materials. No pyrotechnic devices will be a part of the payloads and each will be ejected with a spring mechanism - similar to opening a lid on a toy jack-in-the-box.

The principal investigators and engineers for the payloads will work with the secondary payload integration team to develop mission-specific requirements and verify interfacing and safety requirements are met. Multiple organizations at NASA Headquarters in Washington are soliciting inputs for the available EM-1 secondary payload slots, and three have already been selected for further development: Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout, Lunar Flashlight and BioSentinel.

Both NEA Scout and Lunar Flashlight involve Marshall engineering and science teams, while BioSentinel is managed by NASA's Ames Research Center in California.

NEA Scout, using solar sail propulsion, will fly by a small asteroid, taking pictures and making observations that will enhance the current understanding of an the asteroid environment and will yield key information for future astronauts exploring an asteroid. "A solar sail works best when deployed in deep space and SLS will get us there," said Les Johnson, principal investigator for NEA Scout at Marshall. "It will take us out of Earth orbit and to interplanetary space - where we need to be to deploy the solar sail. It's a perfect ride to begin our mission."

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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #643 – 10 April 2015

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Papers deriving from NASA support: 1 Smith SM, Zwart SR, Heer M. Human adaptation to space flight: The role of nutrition. Houston, TX: NASA Johnson Space Center. 2014; 151 p. NP-2014-10-018-JSC. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/human-adaptation-to-spaceflight-the-role-of-nutrition.pdf Note:ISS results. This report may be obtained online without charge. Journal Impact Factor:Not applicable to this publication Funding:No funding cited. S.M. Smith is at NASA Johnson Space Center. 2 Stabley JN, Prisby RD, Behnke BJ, Delp MD. Type 2 diabetes alters bone and marrow blood flow and vascular control mechanisms in the ZDF rat. J Endocrinol. 2015 Apr;225(1):47-58. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25817711 PI:M.D. Delp Journal Impact Factor:3.586 Funding:"This study was supported by grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX12AL41G and NNX14AQ57G) and National Institutes of Health (AG-31317)." 3 S RC, Zeman KL, Bennett WD, Prisk GK, Darquenne C. Effect of posture on regional deposition of coarse particles in the healthy human lung. J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2015 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25826480 PI:G.K. Prisk; R.C. S, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Note:This article may be obtained online without charge. Journal Impact Factor:2.395 Funding:"The study was supported by National Space Biomedical Research Institute through NASA cooperative agreement NCC 9-58 (Grant HFP01604 and Postdoctoral Fellowship PF02103)." 4 LaVoy EC, Bollard CM, Hanley PJ, Blaney JW, O'Connor DP, Bosch JA, Simpson RJ. A single bout of dynamic exercise enhances the expansion of MAGE-A4 and PRAME-specific cytotoxic T-cells from healthy adults. Exerc Immunol Rev. 2015;21:144-53. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25826370 PI:R.J. Simpson Note:This article may be obtained online without charge. Journal Impact Factor:9.929 Funding:"This work was partially supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration grant [NNX12AB48G] to R.J. Simpson, the University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences dissertation fellowship to E. LaVoy, and as part of a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society SCOR Project to C. Bollard." 5 Jeong Y, Carleton SM, Gentry BA, Yao X, Ferreira JA, Salamango DJ, Weis M, Oestreich AK, Williams AM, McCray MG, Eyre DR, Brown M, Wang Y, Phillips CL. Hindlimb skeletal muscle function and skeletal quality and strength in +/G610C mice with and without weight-bearing exercise. J Bone Miner Res. 2015 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829218 PI:S.M. Carleton, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Note:Mice were exposed to treadmill exercise regimen for the weight-bearing activity. Journal Impact Factor:6.589 Funding:"We would also like to thank the following funding sources: National Institutes of Health ARO55907 (YJJ, SMC, BAG, YY, DJS, AMW, ADKO, MGM,YW, CLP), T32 RR007004 (BAG), HD058834 (MB), AR037318 (DRE), HD070394 (DRE); National Space and Biomedical Research Institute NCC 9-58 (SMC); Leda J. Sears Trust Foundation (SMC, BAG, DJS, AMW, ADKO, MGM, CLP); Phi Zeta (BAG); University of Missouri Research Board (MB, CLP, JAF); Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (CLP, XY, YW ); University of Missouri Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (CLP, MB); University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Intercampus Research Program (CLP,YW,ADKO)." 6 Courtney A, Corrigan CF, Steffey D. Letter to the Editor regarding Bajaj D, et al., The resistance of cortical bone tissue to failure under cyclic loading is reduced with alendronate, Bone 2014;64:57-64. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25797158 and Bajaj D, Geissler JR, Allen MR, Burr DB, Fritton JC. Response to Courtney et al. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25813582 PI:D. Bajaj, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Note:These letters refer to the article: Bajaj D, Geissler JR, Allen MR, Burr DB, Fritton JC. The resistance of cortical bone tissue to failure under cyclic loading is reduced with alendronate. Bone. 2014 Jul;64:57-64.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24704262, which appeared in SPACELINE Current Awareness List #610, August 8, 2014. Journal Impact Factor:3.823 Funding:"The National Institutes of Health (RR010601; AR007581;AR047838; AR062002; AR063351), the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NASA contract NCC 9-58), and Merck (drug at no cost)." 7 Sasi SP, Park D, Muralidharan S, Wage J, Kiladjian A, Onufrak J, Enderling H, Yan X, Goukassian DA. Particle radiation-induced nontargeted effects in bone-marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells. Stem Cells Int. 2015:496512. [Article in Press] http://www.hindawi.com/journals/sci/aa/496512/ PI:D.A. Goukassian Note:This article may be obtained online without charge. Journal Impact Factor:2.801 Funding:"This work was supported by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) under Grant no. NNJ10ZSA001N and American Heart Association (AHA) Grant no. 14GRNT18860032 to David A. Goukassian. This work was also supported in part by Grants from AHA 10GRNT4710003 and NHLBI HL106098 to Xinhua Yan." 8 Armstrong PA, Wood SJ, Shimizu N, Kuster K, Perachio A, Makishima T. Preserved otolith organ function in caspase-3-deficient mice with impaired horizontal semicircular canal function. Exp Brain Res. 2015 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25827332 PI:S.J. Wood Journal Impact Factor:2.168 Funding:The PI reports that the eye tracking software used was funded by NASA. ______________________________________________________ Other papers of interest: 1 Mandsager KT, Robertson D, Diedrich A. The function of the autonomic nervous system during spaceflight. Clin Auton Res. 2015 Mar 29. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25820827 Note:STS-90 results. The paper reviews in-flight autonomic and hemodynamic data about sympathetic activation and vasorelaxation, highlighting results from NASAs NEUROLAB mission. 2 Putro WS, Lestair RE. The scoring quality of astronauts' sleeps using Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) during microgravity effect in the International Space Station (ISS). Sci J PPI-UKM. 2015;2(1):1-3. http://www.kemalapublisher.com/index.php/ppi-ukm/article/view/28/pdf_2 Note:ISS, STS-114 results. This article may be obtained online without charge. 3 Seedhouse E. Crew selection and medical care. In: Survival and Sacrifice in Mars Exploration. Springer Praxis Books: Springer International Publishing, 2015. p. 41-67. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-12448-3_3 4 Tajino J, Ito A, Nagai M, Zhang X, Yamaguchi S, Iijima H, Aoyama T, Kuroki H. Intermittent application of hypergravity by centrifugation attenuates disruption of rat gait induced by 2 weeks of simulated microgravity. Behav Brain Res. 2015 Mar 25. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25819803 Note:Hindlimb unloading and centrifugation were used. 5 Brockhurst J, Cheleuitte-Nieves C, Buckmaster CL, Schatzberg AF, Lyons DM. Stress inoculation modeled in mice. Transl Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 31;5:e537. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25826112 Note:Hindlimb unloading study. This article may be obtained online without charge. 6 Luo Z, Jiang L, Xu Y, Li H, Xu W, Wu S, Wang Y, Tang Z, Lv Y, Yang L. Mechano growth factor (MGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-3 functionalized silk scaffolds enhance articular hyaline cartilage regeneration in rabbit model. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25818452 7 Olson AL, McNiece IK. Novel clinical uses for cord blood derived mesenchymal stromal cells. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25819838 8 Shenkman BS, Lomonosova Iu N, Nemirovskaia TL. [Neuronal NO-synthase as the molecular guard of myofiber stability. NO-dependent signaling pathways in the active and unloaded muscle]. Usp Fiziol Nauk. 2014 Apr-Jun;45(2):37-48. Russian. Review. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25707262 Note:The method of unloading is not specified. 9 Tagliaferri C, Wittrant Y, Davicco MJ, Walrand S, Coxam V. Muscle and bone, two interconnected tissues. Ageing Res Rev. 2015 May;21:55-70. Epub 2015Mar 21. Review. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25804855 10 Quinlan E, Thompson EM, Matsiko A, O'Brien FJ, Lpez-Noriega A. Long-term controlled delivery of rhBMP-2 from collagen-hydroxyapatite scaffolds for superior bone tissue regeneration. J Control Release. 2015 Mar 25. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25817394 11 Nawathe S, Yang H, Fields AJ, Bouxsein ML, Keaveny TM. Theoretical effects of fully ductile versus fully brittle behaviors of bone tissue on the strength of the human proximal femur and vertebral body. J Biomech. 2015 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25828400 12 Miller GJ, Gerstenfeld LC, Morgan EF. Mechanical microenvironments and protein expression associated with formation of different skeletal tissues during bone healing. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2015 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25822264 13 Harrison J. Overview of ICRP Committee 2 'Doses from radiation exposure.' Ann ICRP. 2015 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25816256 14 Kim CS, Seong KM, Lee BS, Lee IK, Yang KH, Kim JY, Nam SY. Chronic low-dose -irradiation ofDrosophila melanogasterlarvae induces gene expression changes and enhances locomotive behavior. J Radiat Res. 2015 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792464 Note:This article may be obtained online without charge. 15 Liu Q, Zhou R, Zhao X, Oei TPS. Effects of prolonged head-down bed rest on working memory. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2015 Mar 25;11:835-42. http://www.dovepress.com/effects-of-prolonged-head-down-bed-rest-on-working-memory-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDT Note:Bed rest study. This article may be obtained online without charge. 16 Lasota PA, Shah JA. Analyzing the effects of human-aware motion planning on close-proximity human-robot collaboration. Hum Factors. 2015 Feb;57(1):21-33. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25790568 17 Shao Y, Sang J, Fu J. On human pluripotent stem cell control: The rise of 3D bioengineering and mechanobiology. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25818411 18 Coon BG, Baeyens N, Han J, Budatha M, Ross TD, Fang JS, Yun S, Thomas JL, Schwartz MA. Intramembrane binding of VE-cadherin to VEGFR2 and VEGFR3 assembles the endothelial mechanosensory complex. J Cell Biol. 2015 Mar 30;208(7):975-86. Epub 2014 Mar 23. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25800053 19 Bernardeschi I, Greco F, Ciofani G, Marino A, Mattoli V, Mazzolai B, Beccai L. A soft, stretchable and conductive biointerface for cell mechanobiology. Biomed Microdevices. 2015 Apr;17(2):46. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25797705

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Cosmic Hackathon: Q&A with Space Apps Challenge Co-Founder Sean Herron

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Today (April 10) marks the start of the International Space Apps Challenge, a global hackathon open to anyone with an Internet connection that aims to use data from NASA and other space organizations to solve real-world problems.

Participants in the International Space Apps Challenge are tasked with creating mobile applications, software, hardware, data visualization tools and platforms that either take on one of the "challenges" created by NASA or tackle unique projects.

Attendees of the New York City local event, hosted at Microsoft NYC in Times Square, will have the opportunity to hear from and work with astronauts Cady Coleman, Richard Garriott, Ron Garan and Gregory Johnson, as well as other NASA officials. [10 Best Space Apps in the Universe]

In anticipation of this weekend's event, Space.com talked with one of the Space Apps Challenge creators: technologist and developer Sean Herron. We asked Herron about where the idea for the challenge came from, what the weekend-long event is like in different parts of the world and how people of many different skill levels can participate.

Space.com: How did you and your colleagues at NASA came up with the idea for the International Space Apps Challenge?

Sean Herron: We were thinking about how there's this huge mass of people all around the world who are just incredible fans of NASA and space in general. And [we saw] all these amazing things that come out on the Internet all the time, of people doing just great stuff with data collected from NASA missions.

And our thought was, would there be a really cool way to kind of tap all of this genius and bring them together, and have one big event to try andsolve what we call "problems of a global nature?"

So, what if we got the best and brightest inside of NASA to say, "These are challenges that NASA has in various areas from climate change, to ways of doing human space flight on long-duration missions, to all these different areas." What if we drafted some very small challenges, very small pieces of those larger problems, and put them to that collective consciousness for a weekend and just see what they came up with?

And so that was the initial impetus behind the idea. And we hosted the first event back in 2012, where we ended up bringing together I think 70 countries around the world, with thousands of people coming together, working on a whole bunch of challenges that had been inspired by NASA missions. And it was really amazing to see what came out of that.

Space.com: The challenge is something people can do from home, or they can go to event centers in over 130 cities all over the world. Which events have you been able to attend, and what are they like?

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