NASA expands Blue Marble Space study of prolonged spaceflight physiology

Federal awards data shows the agency increased a cooperative agreement for model-organism research to $6.29M, one of eight awards recorded on September 9, 2026.

Luisa Marconi

Senior Space Correspondent

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NASA expanded a cooperative agreement with Blue Marble Space to study how prolonged spaceflight affects the human body, raising the award from $4.77M to $6.29M across three revisions, federal awards data shows.