Page 5 - Micro Gravity News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

We have a very sophisticated life-support system here. reporter: this has really been an achievement for foreign policy as well. that space station is mix of parts from u.s., europe, canada, japan and russia. it has been a es it of u.s.-russia relations. ever since the end of space shuttle program it only has the soyuz spacecraft to take them back and forges. that tested the science over politics, martha. martha: interesting point. in terms of cost of this, steve and science and knowledge gained from it justified the cost of this international space station? reporter: certainly has been incred...

Consume the first food grown entirely in space. >> woo hoo. >> that's awesome. good. >> tastes good. >> yeah. >> kind of like arugula. >> it is fresh. how about that for positive reviews. this lettuce experiment proves we can grow vegies in space which is important if we're ever going to send astronauts to mars with a round trip that lasts about a year. long duration space flight really does require self sufficient astronauts that can grow their own food or a good portion of it. also growing in space are red leaf lettuce and flowers. to study how they pollen ate in micro gravity to figure out ...

Huge and in the long-term it may change how we approach transportation to space. if it is successful first? it would be an epic launch and landing party, i guess. and space x likes to party. >> reporter: and on top of the rocket is food and equipment and specific and an italian espressos for the italian astronaut and 20 mice. they will live up there in micro gravity and float around and unfortunately evenually die and being killed and dissected in space to help us to learn more how living in space hurts the organisms. that's why they are living up there for one year to so how their body reacts...

Odyssey rattled around the internet. commander hatfield has been doing everything possible to keep people interested on what's going on in space. he talked to william shatner from star trek. the conversation started on twitter and spoke in real time with one of them here and one of them in space. then the first ask me anything from space. then the first puck drop from space at a toronto maple leafs game. first sing along with ed robertson from bare naked ladies. and choir leading school children in canada in song. another youtube video he posted from space, what it looks like when you ring out...

He talked to william shatner from star trek. the conversation started on twitter and spoke in real time with one of them here and one of them in space. then the first ask me anything from space. then the first puck drop from space at a toronto maple leafs game. first sing along with ed robertson from bare naked ladies. and choir leading school children in canada in song. another youtube video he posted from space, what it looks like when you ring out a wet washcloth in micro gravity, what happens when you open a can of mixed nuts in space, which i find mesmerizing. he reported on why there's n...