An increasing number of studies have confirmed that space flight environments can have a significant effect on a variety of microbial properties. To explore the effect of these environments on Staphylococcus aureus, we present the draft genome sequence of an S. aureus strain, named LCT-SA67, which was isolated after space flight.

Today, as we stand on the brink of the 21 century, access to space is still limited and flight costs are still high. Flight opportunities of any kind are rare, but at the same time it is clear that a new era is dawning. The completion of the International Space Station (ISS) will provide mankind, for the first time, with an international, permanently manned outpost for research in space. Lookin...

value of sub-km DEM products. A. L. Gleason, L. S. Glaze, R. R. Herrick, and J. B. Garvin: [email protected], NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771; [email protected]), Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, [email protected]), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Code 600, Greenbelt, MD 20771; [email protected])

The loss of bone and muscle is a major concern for long duration space flight. In December of 1989, we established a collaboration with Russian colleagues to determine the bone and lean tissue changes in cosmonauts before and after flights on the Mir space station lasting 4-14.4 months. Eighteen crew members received a lumbar spine and hip DEXA scan (Hologic 1000W) before and after flight; 17 c...

a Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD 21044, USA b Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA c Sigma Space Corporation, Lanham, MD 20706, USA d Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Code 613, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA e...

Dong Lai (Cornell University) Marten van Kerkwijk (University of Toronto) Jon Arons (UC Berkeley) Andrei Beloborodov (Columbia University) Edward Brown (Michigan State University) James Cordes (Cornell University) Alice Harding (Goddard Space Flight Center) Vicky Kaspi (McGill University) Shri Kulkarni (Caltech) Duncan Lorimer (West Virginia University) Maura Mclaughlin (West Virginia Universit...

To explore the effects of space flight on microorganisms, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 was sent into orbit for 398 h on the spacecraft ShenZhou VIII. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of the P. aeruginosa strain LCT-PA41, determined after space flight.

This article explores the potential benefits and defined risks associated with prophylactic surgical procedures for astronauts before extended-duration space flight. This includes, but is not limited to, appendectomy and cholecystesctomy. Furthermore, discussion of treatment during space flight, potential impact of an acute illness on a defined mission and the ethical issues surrounding this co...

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