The first-ever X-ray taken of an astronaut in space used new technology developed in Waterloo region. Startup KA Imaging's new X-ray detector was part of a mission to study Earth's polar regions ...

A team of four astronauts took the first X-ray of a human hand in space as they floated high above our planet, making medical history. The X-ray was taken inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule orbiting ...

In a groundbreaking mission, SpaceX Fram2 crew recreated Röntgen's X-ray experiment in space, imaging a hand and other body parts. This mission, supported by Chun Wang, conducted 22 research ...

It will be a key component of the SpaceXray project, which will bring the first medical X-ray machine to space. If successful, Fram2 will represent the first crewed mission to study both polar regions ...

The initial Chandra Observatory projects included the Hubble Space Telescope launch in 1991. The Chandra X-ray Observatory satellite launched in 1999. Chandra advanced the entire field of ...

It pays homage to the first X-ray ever taken, which was captured about 130 years ago. In 1895, when German physics professor Wihelm Röntgen was experimenting with cathode rays, he accidentally ...