Startups in Space

Since 2013, CASIS has partnered with business accelerator programs to explore how research and technology development in low Earth orbit might give startup companies a competitive edge. Through participation in a variety of programs, the ISS National Lab serves as a business incubator – providing a path for entrepreneurs to improve their products or services and shorten time to market.

Crew members on the International Space Station completed a new session of the Genes in Space 2 investigation. Spaceflight causes many changes to the human body, including alterations in DNA and a weakened immune system. This study uses a new technology to study DNA in space to try and safeguard crew health.

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Sponsored programs provide organizations the flexibility to ask new questions and explore key variables, using the space environment as a tool in their innovation portfolio.

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba conducts fluid exchange and sampling for the Assessing Osteoblast Response to Tetranite™ in Microgravity Conditions to Induce Osteoporosis (Synthetic Bone) investigation inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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