Some Strange Science Will Launch Into Space This Week for NASA

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Some Strange Science Will Launch Into Space This Week for NASA







This Thursday, the crystallizing proteins of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, a vertiginous virtual reality system, ultrafine membranes and the "Remanufacturer", a device that converts waste into 3D printing filaments, will shoot into space.



	This strange science and much more. will be launched on Thursday (November 15) at 4:49 a.m. EST (0949 GMT) on the 10th commercial refueling mission of Northrop Grumman (formerly Orbital ATK) to the International Space Station. The company's Cygnus spacecraft will take off on its Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the Wallops flight facility in Virginia, with approximately 882 pounds (400 kilograms) of research and hardware for these experiments, NASA officials he said in a statement. In total, the rocket will launch around 7,500 pounds (3,402 kg) of scientific equipment and crew supplies, such as food and clothing, to the International Space Station.

		These experiments will be among the hundreds of scientific investigations that are currently carried out aboard the space station. The launch will be visible along parts of the east coast of the USA. US, and may Watch it live online here on Space.comCourtesy of NASA TV.

The[[Launch picture: Antares Rocket by Orbital ATK and Cygnus OA-9 Soar to Space Station]





						


The Antares rocket from Northrop Grumman, which is preparing for Northrop Grumman's tenth commercial refueling mission to the International Space Station, is seen on the left at the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

            						    Credit: NASA's Patrick Black / Wallops Flight Facility 


		The Cygnus vehicle from Northrop Grumman has been Named after the NASA astronaut and the United States Navy officer, John Young.. Young spent 835 hours in space in six missions as a NASA astronaut. 

		On board the Cygnus vehicle there will be a device called Refabricator as part of the Space Manufacturing Remanufacturing project. This is the first integrated 3D printer and recycler that will convert residual plastic into filament for 3D printing on board the space station. The filament will be used for repairs on board the space station and also as a means of recycling waste. The device could also be used to make things on board the space station. 





						


Refabricator's flight hardware is seen from the front, similar to its appearance when installed on the EXPRESS Rack on the International Space Station.

            						    Credit: Allison Porter, Tethers Unlimited Inc. 


		This technology could be very useful for long-term missions in deep space where astronauts will have to deal with waste, repair and resource problems on a regular basis. As the investigation is General research states"Without a recycling capacity, a large amount of raw material should be stored on board for long-term exploration missions." This research is sponsored by NASA. Technology Demonstration Office.



		Microgravity of virtual reality

		The effect of long-term hypogravity on the perception of own movement Studio (neighborhood)Other research that will be launched at the space station will explore how a microgravity environment could affect an astronaut's ability to visually interpret movement, orientation and distance. 

		Here on Earth, our senses work together to let us know how far we are from things, how fast they move and how they are oriented. In space, gravity no longer plays a role in our vestibular system, a system that contributes to our sense of balance and orientation. The VECTION study aims to better understand how microgravity affects these senses using virtual reality. 

		In this study, astronauts will use a virtual reality (VR) system that will provide visual cues generated by computer to try to create artificial gravity using visual acceleration, Laurence Harris, professor at the University of York in Toronto and principal investigator in this research, he said at a press conference on Thursday, November 8. After the VR simulation, the astronauts will report how far they perceive they moved, how far things were from them, etc.

		"Many astronauts feel disoriented or suffer from space diseases when they first arrive at the space station," said Harris. So, to understand how a microgravity environment can affect astronauts at multiple points in their journey, they will participate in the VR simulation as soon as they arrive in space, once they have become accustomed to the environment and once they have returned to the environment. the earth. . 





						


Expedition Commander 56 Drew Feustel fills up protein crystal growth (PCG) wells for a recent PCG experiment on the space station. 

            						    Credit: NASA 


		The crystallization of LRRK2 under microgravity-2 conditions (CASIS PCG-16) investigation, developed in part by the Michael J. Fox Foundation, will grow crystals in an attempt to combat Parkinson's disease. Repeated leucine-rich kinase 2 (LRRK2) proteins are involved in Parkinson's disease, and the study of larger crystals grown by proteins canhelp scientists learn about the structure of the protein. However, the crystals of that protein grown on Earth are too small and compact to study them effectively.

		A previous attempt was made to grow these crystals in microgravity, the researchers said during the press conference, but the attempt was unsuccessful. After renewing the research, the researchers will try again to grow these crystals in microgravity on board the space station. When studying larger LRRK2 crystals, the research team is waiting to better understand the shape and morphology of the protein and help scientists better understand Parkinson's disease. 

		The final goal of this investigation is simple. They are "looking for a therapeutic treatment that will slow, stop or reverse the disease," said Marco Baptista, director of research programs at the Michael J. Fox Foundation, during the press conference. 



		Tiny carbon capture



	The design of scalable gas separation membranes through microgravity synthesis research (Cemisca) It is developing a small method to capture carbon dioxide. According to the researchers, this experiment will test and synthesize small membranes made of calcium silicate particles, thin as a human hair and with pores of 100 nanometers wide or even smaller. These nanoporous membranes can separate carbon dioxide from other gases in the air, which makes them an important technology in development to combat the harmful effects that carbon dioxide can have on our planet. 

		The researchers predict that the creation of these membranes in microgravity could have a lower cost and produce more durable membranes that use less energy. In addition, the microgravity environment gives researchers "the ability to control the size and shape of nanoparticles," said Negar Rajabiat of Cemscia LLC, the principal investigator of this National Laboratory research, at the press conference. This means that they can customize the membranes to separate different types of gases, although, as Rajabiat said.



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