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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog aboard NASA’s search for lunar volatiles

The moon

NASA has announced the selection of three new lunar surface science experiments as part of its Artemis III mission, including the Lunar Dielectric Analyzer, which will search for lunar ice and other volatiles with input from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources (ATCSR).

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UK-US-×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog collaboration scales plant growth in preparation for space exploration

Red romaine lettuce grown in VF Vertical Farm at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Waite Campus

A collaborative project that will prototype controlled-environment-agriculture systems for Low Earth Orbit, involving the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space (P4S) and led by UK company Vertical Future (VF), is set to receive $3 million in funding.

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Plants to be grown on the Moon when humans return

Some duckweed

NASA has announced that when humans take their first steps back on the Moon after 50 years during the Artemis III mission, astronauts will cultivate and return lunar-grown plants to Earth for the first time.

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NASA space science internship for stellar PhD student

Photo of Emily Ahern

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide Physics PhD student Emily Ahern has been selected to take part in a prestigious ten-week SmartSat-led internship program at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, USA.

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NASA delegation visits Plants for Space

Visit by NASA to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide

A delegation from NASA headed by Administrator Senator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Colonel (USAF, ret) Pam Melroy visited the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide on Monday 20 March, with representatives from the US Embassy and ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Space Agency (ASA) in attendance, including ASA Head Enrico Palermo.

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Out-of-this-world salad created for astronauts

Space salad

An international team of scientists has created a salad that contains ingredients that could be grown on spacecraft and provide optimum nutrition for astronauts heading into deep space.

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Researchers on a mission from the Moon to Mars

Mars

Research that could help materials be found in space more easily, enable satellites to swarm together and extend the reach of telecommunications is being kick-started by new funding. The projects, headed by scientists at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, will contribute to investigating the feasibility of deep space exploration to destinations such as Mars.

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Students’ lunar rovers go head-to-head

NASA Rover

This weekend teams of students from around the country will compete in the inaugural held at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide. Students will put their lunar rovers which they have designed and built themselves, to the test in a series of missions performed on a recreation of the surface of the Moon.

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Robotics students face final challenge

NASA Robotics  Challenge team

A team of undergraduate and honours students from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has been selected to go through to the final stage of the NASA Space Robotics Challenge. They are the only ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn team to have made it through to the final.

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