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Predicting the radiation risk to ESA's astronauts
02-13-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)European scientists have developed the most accurate method yet for predicting the doses of radiation that astronauts will receive aboard the orbiting European laboratory module, Columbus, attached to the ISS this week.
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- Press conference with ESA astronauts after mission to the ISS
01-05-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA PR 03-2007. On Thursday 18 January, a press conference will take place at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany to give media a chance to meet the ESA astronauts Thomas Reiter, of Germany, and Christer Fuglesang, of Sweden, after completion of their respective missions following the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery on 22 December.
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- New way of tracking muscle damage from radiation
11-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could become a valuable tool for predicting the risk of muscle injury during and following radiation therapy, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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- Discovery set for launch
12-07-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Space Shuttle Discovery and her seven crewmembers are ready for launch tonight at 03:35 CET (02:35 UT). NASA is keeping a keen eye on the weather over the Cape as a cold front moves through the area. For now the countdown to launch continues.
The seven astronauts, including ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, are undergoing final preparations, including a final pre-launch medical exam. The crew is scheduled to suit up at 23:15 CET (22:15 UT), after which they will depart the crew quarters for the drive to the launch pad.
NASA TV will start live coverage from 23:30 CET (22:30 UT).
For more about the Celsius Mission, visit http://www.esa.int/celsius
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- Astronauts enter Harmony for first time
10-27-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson were the first astronauts to enter the newest addition to the International Space Station after opening Harmony's hatch at 14:24 CEST (12:24 UT) today.
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- Two ESA astronauts meet in space
12-12-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Last night Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station and Christer Fuglesang was welcomed to the orbital facility by his fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, who is completing his 5-month stay on board as ESA's first permanent ISS crew member.
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- Astronauts start rewiring Space Station
12-15-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang and NASA's Robert Curbeam successfully completed a five-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station last night. Their main tasks were to start reconfiguring the Station's power supply and relocate two equipment carts.
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- Towards predicting late-stage radiation toxicity
10-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
Radiation is a brutal and in many cases necessary part of cancer therapy. A small fraction of patients develop severe late radiation toxicity, months or years after their treatment. A new study now suggests that in the future scientists might be able to tell who is at higher risk for such late toxicity and adjust treatments accordingly.
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- Astrolab post-flight tour
06-29-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter was recently joined on a European post-flight tour by the four cosmonauts and astronauts who shared his home during last year's six-month Astrolab Mission to the International Space Station.
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- Tumors stopped from spreading to new sites
04-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
For several types of cancer, persistently high levels of the soluble factor TGF-beta in the blood after surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy correlate with increased risk of early metastasis and a poor prognosis. Using a mouse model of breast cancer, researchers from Vanderbilt University have now generated evidence to suggest that treatment with TGF-beta inhibitors might help such patients.
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- Radiation after surgery keeps high-risk prostate cancer at bay
10-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
An analysis of data involving more than 2,000 patients from 17 US institutions demonstrates that men with high-risk prostate cancer who receive radiation therapy after a prostatectomy were less likely to have a recurrence of disease. What's more, men whose cancer persists after surgery were less likely to see the cancer spread if they receive radiation.
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