Assessment of Scientific Payload Carrying Spirulina Onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard Vehicle

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Abstract

The research team at ERAU and UTHSCSA analyzed the effects of suborbital flight stressors and various light conditions (red, white, no light) on the Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina), onboardBlue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle. Commercially available cyanobacterium species werecultivated and closely monitored in mother colonies several months before the suborbital flight mission. The aim of this study was to estimate the biomass production and growth as a potential dietary alternative for prospective human spaceflight’s life support system. Spirulina samples were flown in a NanoLab with adjacent avionics supporting the light conditions and sensors to monitor the temperature, relative humidity, and accelerations. The various flight parameters measured in the NanoLab were validated with the flight data gathered by Nanoracks, the flight integrator. Thus, we also assessed the effect of microgravity and different light conditions on the gene expression. Our data indicates that the Spirulina samples onboardthe rocket had significant (p < 0.01-0.0001) downregulation of majority of thegene expression.

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Pedro J. Llanos. 2026. \u201cAssessment of Scientific Payload Carrying Spirulina Onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard Vehicle\u201d. Global Journal of Research in Engineering - B: Automotive Engineering GJRE-B Volume 22 (GJRE Volume 22 Issue B1): .

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The research team at ERAU and UTHSCSA analyzed the effects of suborbital flight stressors and various light conditions (red, white, no light) on the Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina), onboardBlue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle. Commercially available cyanobacterium species werecultivated and closely monitored in mother colonies several months before the suborbital flight mission. The aim of this study was to estimate the biomass production and growth as a potential dietary alternative for prospective human spaceflight’s life support system. Spirulina samples were flown in a NanoLab with adjacent avionics supporting the light conditions and sensors to monitor the temperature, relative humidity, and accelerations. The various flight parameters measured in the NanoLab were validated with the flight data gathered by Nanoracks, the flight integrator. Thus, we also assessed the effect of microgravity and different light conditions on the gene expression. Our data indicates that the Spirulina samples onboardthe rocket had significant (p < 0.01-0.0001) downregulation of majority of thegene expression.

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Assessment of Scientific Payload Carrying Spirulina Onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard Vehicle

Pedro J. Llanos
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Morgan Shilling
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Kristina Andrijauskaite
Kristina Andrijauskaite
Kody Kidder
Kody Kidder
Vijay V. Duraisamy
Vijay V. Duraisamy
Dr. Pedro Llanos
Dr. Pedro Llanos
Dr. Pedro Llanos
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