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Monday, 06 March 2017

This Scientist Sent A Superbug To Space To Help Life On Earth

Solving global issues requires a paradigm shift in how we approach them.

 

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Monday, 20 February 2017

NASA Sends 'Superbug' to the Space Station

A staph germ resistant to multiple antibiotics -- a so-called "superbug'' -- was planned to be sent via rocket to the International Space Station on Sunday.

 

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Monday, 20 February 2017

Why NASA is sending a superbug to the space station

An antibiotic-resistant superbug will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Sunday from the same Kennedy Space Center launch complex where the first manned mission to the moon lifted off and then the bug will be studied by astronauts on the International Space Station.

 

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Sunday, 19 February 2017

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 from historic NASA pad

Using NASA’s historic pad 39A, which once sent Apollo moonships and space shuttles on their way, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center Sunday, boosting a Dragon cargo ship into orbit to deliver nearly 5,500 pounds of equipment, supplies research material to the International Space Station.

 

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Saturday, 18 February 2017

SpaceX is sending a drug resistant superbug to space

The pathogen known as MRSA -- methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus -- is lethal, and highly resistant to known antibiotics.

 

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Friday, 17 February 2017

Here’s why NASA is sending a superbug into space

It’s a development straight off the pages of a science fiction film script — on Saturday, NASA will fire a superbug up into the sky toward the International Space Station.

 

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Thursday, 16 February 2017

SpaceX Launching Lightning Tracker, 'Three-Eyed' Raven, Deadly Superbug for NASA

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its 10th commercial cargo mission on Saturday morning (Feb. 18), ferrying supplies and an assortment of science investigations to the International Space Station — including a deadly superbug, an advanced lightning sensor, a tool for new autonomous rendezvous capabilities and more.

 

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Saturday, 11 February 2017

More science heading to the International Space Station

SpaceX's upcoming Falcon 9 rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center will carry a host of science experiments to the International Space Station, aside from the SAGE III instrument to study Earth's atmosphere.

 

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Friday, 10 February 2017

Next SpaceX launch will see rockets returning to Nasa's iconic Launch Complex-39A

SpaceX's ambitious launch plans for 2017 will see it fire a rocket to space every two weeks. And its next mission, scheduled for Saturday, will make history in another way.

 

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Thursday, 09 February 2017

SpaceX to send a lethal superbug to the International Space Station on Valentine's Day: Scientists hope MRSA will mutate and reveal its secrets

On Valentine’s Day, SpaceX will launch a lethal pathogen into low-Earth orbit. The antibiotic-resistant superbug ‘MRSA’ will make its way to the International Space Station on February 14, where it will be subjected to microgravity – possibly spurring accelerated mutation.

 

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