News Releases


NSBRI news releases provide the latest information about the Institute's science and technology projects exploring ways to protect astronaut health on long-duration missions. These research findings impact the delivery of medical care on Earth.

News releases also cover program announcements related to funding opportunities, industry partners and educational programs.

29 Apr 2013NASA, NSBRI Select 23 proposals to support crew health on missions

12 Mar 2013NSBRI Funds Cerebrotech to Accelerate Development of Brain Monitoring Device

08 Mar 2013Space research institute soliciting postdoctoral fellowship applications

01 Feb 2013NSBRI honors Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts

16 Jan 2013Lessons learned from Mars 520-day simulated missions

06 Dec 2012NSBRI names Lydic as chair of advisory council

08 Nov 2012Space research institute awards postdoctoral fellowships to four scientists

01 Nov 2012Graham Scott joins National Space Biomedical Research Institute as V.P., associate director

01 Oct 2012Students can get dose of space medicine research in NSBRI Summer Internship Program

25 Sep 2012SMARTCAP: Funding opportunity for companies with promising medical products for use on Earth, in space

14 Sep 2012September 2012 edition of NSBRI Explorer newsletter now available

09 Aug 2012NSBRI renews space life sciences graduate programs at MIT, Texas A&M

07 Aug 2012NSBRI: Congratulations to NASA and the Mars Curiosity Team

30 Jul 2012NSBRI, NASA soliciting research proposals

26 Jul 2012Space research institute awards funding to promising medical products

23 Jul 2012NSBRI mourns the loss of Sally Ride: America’s first woman in space

19 Jun 2012Seven scientists named as research team leaders for space biomedical institute

22 May 2012NASA, NSBRI select 29 proposals to support crew health on missions

23 Mar 2012NASA extends cooperative agreement with NSBRI

19 Mar 2012Space research institute honors Senator Hutchison with Pioneer Award

09 Mar 2012Space research postdoctoral fellowship program soliciting applications

06 Mar 2012NSBRI’s Bajaj wins USRA New Investigator Award

28 Feb 2012Brookhaven’s Gibbs elected to NSBRI Board of Directors

31 Jan 2012Twinkle, twinkle kidney stone: With a push you could be gone

29 Dec 2011MIT professor, former astronaut Hoffman joins NSBRI Board of Directors

20 Dec 2011NSBRI soliciting Team Leadership applications

08 Nov 2011U.S. institute wraps up data collection in Russian Mars 520-day mission simulation

06 Oct 2011Three young scientists earn space research postdoctoral fellowships

21 Sep 2011Student plant experiment takes root on International Space Station, in classrooms

16 Sep 2011Students work in space research labs during summer internships

23 Aug 2011NSBRI, NASA soliciting research proposals

02 Aug 2011Spaceflight pioneer, NSBRI researcher Dr. Joseph Brady passes away at age 89

14 Jul 2011NSBRI selects proposals to support crew health on missions

23 Jun 2011Space research gives birth to new ultrasound tools for health care in orbit, on Earth

31 May 2011NSBRI, Center for Space Medicine moving to new facility

26 May 2011America’s first doctor in space honored by Baylor College of Medicine

29 Apr 2011Research institute honors spaceflight pioneer Dr. Joseph Brady

13 Apr 2011Space research institute soliciting postdoctoral fellowship applications

17 Feb 2011Space research institute names new class of postdoctoral fellows

03 Feb 2011Johns Hopkins’ Berkowitz, Hienz to help lead space research teams

12 Nov 2010Internships link college students with space research

27 Sep 2010NSBRI’s Sutton receives NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal

22 Sep 2010Space-age device to deliver more efficient health care on Earth and above

24 Aug 2010System uses electrical trickery on the brain to induce realistic spaceflight effects

23 Jul 2010NSBRI/NASA soliciting research proposals

08 Jul 2010Nineteen students explore health in space through research internship

23 Jun 2010Postdoctoral Fellowship Program soliciting applications

03 Jun 2010520-Day Mars Mission Simulation: U.S. study looks at impact of stress and fatigue on performance

22 Apr 2010NASA, NSBRI Select Proposals to Support Health on Space Missions

14 Apr 2010To sleep or not to sleep? Math software to help plan astronaut, shift worker schedules

01 Feb 2010Space research institute selects young scientists for fellowships

09 Dec 2009Astronaut balancing act: Training to help explorers adapt to a return to gravity

02 Dec 2009Four butterflynauts emerge on Space Station

16 Nov 2009Butterflies in Space education project launches to Space Station

14 Oct 2009Internships focus on Earth benefits of space research

15 Sep 2009Space-related radiation research could help reduce fractures in cancer survivors

20 Jul 2009Eighteen students launch into space research internship

13 Jul 2009105-Day Mars Simulation: U.S. studies focus on improving work performance

09 Jun 2009NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program soliciting applications

29 Apr 2009Star Trek-like technology offers noninvasive monitor for patients and athletes

20 Apr 2009NASA, NSBRI select 12 proposals to support crew health on missions

18 Feb 2009SCAN: Delivering bone disorder diagnosis, fracture healing

29 Jan 2009Students get weightless testing personal navigation aid for spaceflight

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