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The ISS is pictured from inside a window aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony modules space facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. Date Created: 2021 11 08

Investment Perspectives: SmallSat Symposium Cheers the SDA Awards, Hopes for Better Capital Markets

It was great to return to SmallSat Symposium this year. This event remains a source of valuable conversations and industry updates, reminding us all that…

Two Startups Selected Through Technology in Space Prize to Leverage ISS National Lab

BOSTON (MA), February 9, 2024 – Startups Symphony Bio and FluxWorks are the newest recipients of the Technology in Space Prize, funded by Boeing and…

Investment Perspectives: Capital Markets Snapshot

It is fair to say that year-to-date (YTD) economic growth has been better than feared, as consumer balance sheets and locked-in low mortgage rates have…

Space investment leaders discussing trends and opportunities within the aerospace community at ISSRDC in 2022

Startups and Space Investment Take Center Stage at ISSRDC

Seattle (WA), July 10, 2023 — Innovation is the cornerstone of space exploration and expanding commerce in low Earth orbit (LEO) cannot happen without it.…

Looking Toward ISSRDC: Promising Progress Amid Economic Volatility

While the economic backdrop remains a source of uncertainty, there are many developments in the space economy to be excited about. Let’s start with the…

Space Investment: Pulse of the Industry From the Conference Circuit

This piece is part of our Forging the Path series in which CASIS experts share knowledge and insight from their experience managing a national lab…

Investors at ISSRDC 2022: Focus on Fundamentals

The 2022 International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) featured a highly anticipated investor panel discussion guided and moderated by Carissa Christensen from BryceTech,…

iss066e081189 (Nov. 8, 2021) The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony modules space facing port on Nov. 8, 2021.

Thoughts on the Current Capital Access Environment

To execute the mission of the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory, we are always looking for promising innovators and entrepreneurs aiming to build great…

New Startup Awards and Opportunities, Funding Successes

$1B+ Capital Raised in the ISS National Lab Ecosystem FY2021 was a record year of capital raising by startups in the ISS National Lab ecosystem,…

Managing the ISS National Lab: A CASIS Retrospective

On August 31, 2021, CASIS, or the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space as it is more formally known, will commemorate the 10-year…

Looking from back to front, the International Space Stations Russian segment is pictured leading to the U.S. segment while orbiting 273 miles above the south Atlantic Ocean. At top right, is the Zarya module with the Rassvet module and the docked Soyuz MS 18 crew ship. The Canadarm2 robotic arm is seen next to the Tranquility module to which the cupola and BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, are attached. Two pairs of the stations main solar arrays are also seen descending from the orbiting labs port side truss structure.

Investors at ISSRDC 2021: Positive on Opportunities, Focused on Performance

As has become a tradition at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC), our 2021 virtual event provided insightful conversations with leading space…

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir onboard the ISS working with engineered heart tissues. This investigation is examining the effects of microgravity on human cardiac tissue structure and physiological function.

The Future of Biomanufacturing in Space: A Unique Opportunity

Over the past two decades, space-based research and development (R&D) has demonstrated that microgravity can be leveraged to advance biomedical science in ways not possible…