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Mission Accomplished: Medical
Noninvasive Test Detects Cardiovascular Disease
For decades, NASA has been using advanced cameras to create images of the universe never before seen and then transmit these pictures back to Earth, where scientists then ask themselves, “What...
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Mission Accomplished: Imaging
Planetary Imaging Technology Aids Enzyme Screening
As part of an internship in NASA’s Space Biology Program, Mary M. Yang had the opportunity to work in NASA’s Mission Control Center and see the first close-up images of Saturn being piped...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
Space-Proven Medical Monitor Provides Total Patient Care
By mid-1963, American astronauts had visited space on six different occasions, all as part of NASA’s first human space flight program, the Mercury Program. During the final Mercury...
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Mission Accomplished: Imaging
Discovering New Drugs on the Cellular Level
As a potential source of food for long-duration space missions, space-grown plants could give astronauts an important psychological boost, as fresh vegetables could serve as a welcomed change from reconstituted foods in plastic bags. Even more, these plants could likely aid in the recycling of air and...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
Circulation-Enhancing Device Improves CPR
The downward push of Earth’s gravity naturally causes blood to settle in the lower areas of the human body, and occasionally, with a quick movement — such as standing up from a chair — the body is...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
In-Line Filtration Improves Hygiene and Reduces Expense
Water is highly prized in the unforgiving realm of space travel and habitation. Ample water reserves for drinking, food preparation, and bathing would take up an inordinate amount of...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
Photorefraction System Screens for Vision Disorders
Space optics technology in the 1980s has been adapted to help children see more clearly. Collaborating with research ophthalmologists and optometrists, scientists Joe Kerr and the late John...
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Mission Accomplished: Electronics & Computers
Handheld Instrument Fights Acne
For companies that do not need NASA-developed technology or advanced test facilities but still want to leverage some of the brain power of NASA’s engineering teams to solve a design problem in their product,...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
LED Device Illuminates New Path to Healing
ong NASA’s research goals is increased understanding of factors affecting plant growth, including the effects of microgravity. Impeding such studies, traditional light sources used to grow plants on...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
Periodontal Probe Improves Exams and Alleviates Pain
Conventional periodontal probing is indeed invasive, uncomfortable for the patient, and the results can vary greatly between dentists and even for repeated measurements by the same dentist....
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