<p class="title">NASA is set to launch a sensor that will measure space debris around the International Space Station (ISS), which could help reduce the risk to human life.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The one square meter Space Debris Sensor (SDS) will travel on a SpaceX cargo mission on December 4 and will be mounted on the exterior of the station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sensor uses dual-layer thin films, an acoustic sensor system, a resistive grid sensor system and a sensored backstop to provide near-real-time impact detection and recording, the US space agency said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Research from this investigation could help lower the risk to human life and critical hardware by orbital debris.</p>.<p class="bodytext">US-based aerospace company SpaceX will launch its Dragon spacecraft into orbit for its 13th commercial resupply mission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The spacecraft will lift into orbit atop the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US carrying crew supplies, equipment and scientific research to crew members living and working aboard the station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another investigation will attempt to pull fibre optic wire from ZBLAN, a heavy metal fluoride glass commonly used to make fibre optic glass.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When ZBLAN is solidified on Earth, its atomic structure tends to form into crystals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Research indicates that ZBLAN fibre pulled in microgravity may not crystalise as much, giving it better optical qualities than the silica used in most fibre optic wire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Results from this investigation could lead to the production of higher-quality fibre optic products both in space and on Earth.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to NASA, one more research to be sent to the ISS is the Rodent Research-6 (RR-6) investigation. It will examine a drug compound and drug delivery system designed to combat muscular breakdown in space or other times of disuse.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The implanted drug delivery chip will administer a compound meant to maintain muscle in a variety of disuse conditions, including microgravity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The results from the RR-6 investigations will help researchers to understand how to maintain a healthy body structure in the absence of gravity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It will also increase our understanding of muscle-related diseases, disorders and injuries.</p>
<p class="title">NASA is set to launch a sensor that will measure space debris around the International Space Station (ISS), which could help reduce the risk to human life.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The one square meter Space Debris Sensor (SDS) will travel on a SpaceX cargo mission on December 4 and will be mounted on the exterior of the station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sensor uses dual-layer thin films, an acoustic sensor system, a resistive grid sensor system and a sensored backstop to provide near-real-time impact detection and recording, the US space agency said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Research from this investigation could help lower the risk to human life and critical hardware by orbital debris.</p>.<p class="bodytext">US-based aerospace company SpaceX will launch its Dragon spacecraft into orbit for its 13th commercial resupply mission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The spacecraft will lift into orbit atop the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US carrying crew supplies, equipment and scientific research to crew members living and working aboard the station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another investigation will attempt to pull fibre optic wire from ZBLAN, a heavy metal fluoride glass commonly used to make fibre optic glass.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When ZBLAN is solidified on Earth, its atomic structure tends to form into crystals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Research indicates that ZBLAN fibre pulled in microgravity may not crystalise as much, giving it better optical qualities than the silica used in most fibre optic wire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Results from this investigation could lead to the production of higher-quality fibre optic products both in space and on Earth.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to NASA, one more research to be sent to the ISS is the Rodent Research-6 (RR-6) investigation. It will examine a drug compound and drug delivery system designed to combat muscular breakdown in space or other times of disuse.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The implanted drug delivery chip will administer a compound meant to maintain muscle in a variety of disuse conditions, including microgravity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The results from the RR-6 investigations will help researchers to understand how to maintain a healthy body structure in the absence of gravity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It will also increase our understanding of muscle-related diseases, disorders and injuries.</p>