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South Korean Seaweed Farming Gains Global Prominence with NASA Recognition and Surging Exports

South Korean Seaweed Farming Gains Global Prominence with NASA Recognition and Surging Exports

WANDO, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Seaweed farming along South Korea’s southern coast has drawn attention from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a promising model for planetary conservation, experiencing a notable surge in exports. Approximately two years ago, NASA unveiled satellite images capturing the seaweed farms in Wando, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, [...]

S. Korean Team Completes Development of Testing Equipment for NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope

S. Korean Team Completes Development of Testing Equipment for NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope

SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists has completed the development of key testing equipment for SPHEREx, the world’s first all-sky spectral space telescope being constructed under the leadership of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), South Korea’s science ministry said Wednesday. The team led by Jeong Woong-seob [...]

NASA ‘Impressed’ by Technical Astuteness, Dedication of S. Korea’s 1st Lunar Orbiter Project

NASA ‘Impressed’ by Technical Astuteness, Dedication of S. Korea’s 1st Lunar Orbiter Project

SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior official of the U.S. space agency has said he was “very impressed” by South Korea’s technical astuteness, as aerospace engineers of the two countries were working together to launch South Korea’s first lunar orbiter mission next month. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) — also known as [...]

S. Korea, NASA Start Building Space Telescope

S. Korea, NASA Start Building Space Telescope

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Wednesday it has started manufacturing a space telescope in a joint project with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The Ministry of Science and ICT said NASA has approved the preliminary design for the Spectro-Photometer [...]

Mando to Develop Ventilator for COVID-19 Patients in Collaboration with NASA

Mando to Develop Ventilator for COVID-19 Patients in Collaboration with NASA

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Mando Corp., a South Korean auto parts manufacturer, has been selected as a partner for a project being pushed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a ventilator for novel coronavirus patients, company officials said Monday. Mando has become the only Asian company to collaborate [...]

Philips SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband Selected by NASA-funded Institute for Studies to Improve Sleep and Behavioral Health

Philips SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband Selected by NASA-funded Institute for Studies to Improve Sleep and Behavioral Health

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the company’s SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband will be used in research funded by the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH), a virtual institute empowered by the NASA Human Research Program, for two unprecedented [...]

Taconic Biosciences’ Animals Complete Most Recent Mission to the International Space Station

Taconic Biosciences’ Animals Complete Most Recent Mission to the International Space Station

RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces the completion of a recent mission to the International Space Station.  This project represents a collaboration between the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bioserve Space Technologies with support [...]