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The Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Foundation announced today that a recent poll of more than 200 teachers who participated in its 2006 and 2007 Weightless Flights of Discovery Program reveals the ...

Just a few days in simulated microgravity can subtly change the way women's blood clots, sparking bigger questions about health monitoring protocols for astronauts who can spend six months or more in ...

It's no secret that lab days are some of the coolest in science class. Teacher Lauren Parker and her students at Fort Worth Academy took that cool to truly new heights. Parker got a ticket on a plane ...

NASA has selected 28 undergraduate student teams to test their science experiments in simulated weightlessness. The teams were selected to fly in the summer of 2010 with NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student ...

'The whole thing was just surreal, to see objects in front of you float around, for yourself to float around.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A new study has examined how T cells of the immune system are affected by weightlessness. The results could explain why astronauts' T cells become less active and less effective at fighting infection.