Professors Martin Yarmush and Dinos Mavroidis (from Northeastern University) received a Phase II, 2 year, $400,000 grant from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) for their project �Bio-Nano-Machines for Space Applications�. The goals of the project are to study bio-nano-machine components for two macro-scale space devices: the Networked TerraXplorer (NTXp) for mapping and exploration of large surfaces, and the Smart Bio-Nano Suit (SBS), for early detection and protection against dangerous and harmful environments.