Project Gutenberg 2012-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 276 United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration N.A.S.A. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Agency NASA Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964 Produced by K.D. Thornton, Enrico Segre and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964" is a scientific publication produced by NASA, highlighting progress in the field of space biosciences during the late 20th century. The work focuses on the essential research and experimental findings related to life sciences applicable to space exploration, detailing the challenges and advancements made in understanding life in extraterrestrial conditions. The opening of this publication begins with a foreword and a preface that establish its context within a broader series. It introduces the bioscience programs initiated by NASA, which were modest at first but gained momentum by conducting experiments involving living organisms in space. Topics covered include the effects of weightlessness on biological systems, the search for extraterrestrial life compounds, and the development of life-support systems necessary for human space travel. This portion outlines the early objectives of the bioscience program, emphasizing the importance of understanding how space environments affect biological organisms, setting the stage for further detailed explorations in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40268/40268-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 46.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Biology Space flight QH Text Browsing: Science - Astronomy Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution Category: Science - Biology Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 569507 2025-06-16T11:34:04.483130 text/html 556555 2012-07-17T14:08:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 337815 2025-06-16T11:34:17.274047 application/epub+zip 349979 2025-06-16T11:34:06.948085 application/epub+zip 231144 2025-06-16T11:34:05.671084 application/epub+zip 585878 2025-06-16T11:34:22.905018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564962 2025-06-16T11:34:15.876125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335349 2022-09-18T12:28:17.894069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385985 2025-06-16T11:34:02.856130 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 385941 2012-07-17T14:08:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 16666 2025-06-16T11:34:23.059000 application/rdf+xml 9112 2025-06-16T11:34:05.818116 image/jpeg 1637 2025-06-16T11:34:05.745115 image/jpeg 313513 2025-06-16T11:34:04.527116 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia