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.

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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