What you need to know As NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the choppy waters far off the San Diego coast, Dr. Taylor Schlotman anxiously awaited the four-person crew’s return to Earth after a harrowing 10-day journey around the moon. “It’s tears of joy, tears of excitement, tears of just nervousness,” she told LINK nky. […]
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Science funding loosens but uncertainty remains at NKU
A year after a cold front of federal mandates threatened to freeze scientific research, spring has brought a cautious thaw to university labs. Last February, as part of a broader effort to cull government spending, the Trump administration eliminated thousands of workers at key federal science agencies including NASA, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) […]
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KY spends $300k to send organoids to space in search of cures for Alzheimer’s
Kentucky is investing $300,000 into space research that Senate President Robert Stivers said sets the state up as “a leader in all areas.” The money — which was allocated in the 2024 legislative session’s Senate Bill 1 — is a 10% match for a $3.1 million NASA grant announced Wednesday. The money will allow the […]
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NASA to conduct experiments on elements in space at NKU
NASA is conducting experiments at Northern Kentucky University as part of a project to answer out-of-this-world questions about elements and matter in space. The project is part of the NASA Astrophysics Pioneers program and to better understand which stellar processes (i.e., supernovas) produce which elements. The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder on the International Space Station, […]