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Pioneering Steps in Space Toward a Cure
for Blindness

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Official Statement Regarding ISSRDC 2025

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News & Updates

Axiom Mission 4 at the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

June 17, 2025

Axiom Mission 4 Update

Ax4 is currently scheduled to launch no earlier than June 25 to deliver more than 60 research projects to the ISS.

June 17, 2025

Innovation in Focus: Mascots

It's National Mascot Day—an ideal time to highlight space mascots throughout history.

June 11, 2025

Need to Invest in Space-Based R&D, Not Cut

We’re at the edge of reaching transformational results—solving some of humanity’s biggest challenges.

Axiom Mission 3 at the launchpad in Florida in January 2024

June 5, 2025

Private Astronaut Mission Includes Research to Open Space to Astronauts With Diabetes and...

Axiom Mission 4 partners with ISS National Lab to conduct the most research to date on a private astronaut mission.

June 4, 2025

Official Statement from ISS National Lab Regarding ISSRDC 2025

The International Space Station National Laboratory, in close consultation with NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration, has determined that the current regulatory...

The Oura Edge Computing investigation on the space station may lead to advancements in data processing that may assist astronauts in low Earth orbit and beyond.

June 4, 2025

New Wearable Tech Tracks Astronauts’ Sleep Quality on International Space Station

Everyone needs a good night’s sleep to perform at their best—including astronauts.

Left to right - Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański and Tibor Kapu

June 3, 2025

New Space-Based Research May Pave the Way for First Astronaut with Diabetes

Results from this investigation could also lead to improvements in diabetes monitoring and care in remote areas on Earth.

NASA's SpaceX CRS-32 launches from Florida on April 21, 2025

May 27, 2025

Research Payloads to Support Long-Duration Spaceflight and Improve Osteoarthritis and Cancer...

Research returning to Earth is solving challenges faced by many back here on Earth.

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Launch Update! 🚀

#Ax4 is currently scheduled to liftoff from #florida no earlier than June 25 at 2:31 a.m. EDT. While we wait, check out the ISS National Lab-sponsored science heading to the orbiting lab and how you can join us to watch live launch coverage: ow.ly/nzaw50WfmQE ... See MoreSee Less

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The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory

Solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges through space-based research.

Where? In space.
Low Earth orbit(Abbreviation: LEO) The orbit around the Earth that extends up to an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from Earth’s surface. The International Space Station’s orbit is in LEO, at an altitude of approximately 250 miles. (LEO), approximately 250 miles above the Earth.

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Research in Space Benefits Humanity

Improving the quality of
life for patients with cancer
and other diseases.

Manufacturing tissues
in space for
regenerative medicine.

Advancing technology
to withstand
harsh conditions.

Growing crops in
remote environments
with limited resources.

EXPLORE RESULTS FROM RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN SPACE

Upward Volume 8, Issue 1 Available Now

In this issue’s cover story, learn how ISS research could lead to a groundbreaking new treatment for macular degeneration. Other features highlight how microgravityThe condition of perceived weightlessness created when an object is in free fall, for example when an object is in orbital motion. Microgravity alters many observable phenomena within the physical and life sciences, allowing scientists to study things in ways not possible on Earth. The International Space Station provides access to a persistent microgravity environment. manufacturing can improve therapeutic nanomaterials to treat disease and how space-based studies are helping to advance regenerative therapies to reverse heart damage.

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Photo documentation of the Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) platform aboard the International Space Station.

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