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NASA is sending its 31st SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Dragon cargo spacecraft will carry several science treats for astronauts to conduct aboard space station.
āļø Using a coronagraph, CODEX will help scientists generate a comprehensive dataset to validate theories about what heats solar winds. Understanding solar winds could improve space-weather forecasts that can disrupt satellites, communications, and power grids.
šæ Antarctic moss has the highest radiation tolerance of any plant on the planet. ARTEMOSS studies moss samples from Antarctica to examine how they regulate cosmic radiation in a microgravity environment.
š§± ESA is sending materials experiments as a part of Euro Material Ageing. Various manmade and organic materials will be exposed to ultraviolet radiation outside station for several months to test their stability and degradation.
šØāš Spacecraft can be battered by micrometeoroids and space d...
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