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NASA astronaut Christina Koch monitors a satellite refueling experiment called Furphy on the ISS developed by startup company Orbit Fab.

ISS National Lab Projects Attract Additional Funding and Support

Startup Orbit Fab Receives Government Grant to Develop Satellite Refueling Technology A $250,000 grant was awarded to Orbit Fab from the National Science Foundation (NSF)…

Three Virginia university satellites are beginning their science mission in Earth orbit after their successful deployment from the International Space Station on July 3, 2019. The Virginia CubeSat Constellation mission will obtain measurements of atmospheric properties and quantify atmospheric density and how it relates to orbital decay. The CubeSats were deployed as part of NASAs CubeSat Launch Initiative.

Investment Perspectives: Charts and Thoughts from SmallSat Symposium 2020

The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory had an opportunity to attend the fifth annual SmallSat Symposium, held in Silicon Valley last week. The…

Dr. Fatma Kaplan, Pheronym, and Dr. David Shapiro Ilan, USDA Agricultural Research Service, select insects to be used in the experiment.

On the Hunt: Studying Insect-Killing Worms in Space

Last week, a type of microscopic worm that kills crop-eating insects rocketed to the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory for an agricultural biocontrol…

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet removing the Protein Crystallization Facility hardware from the incubator on the ISS for Mercks investigation.

Published Results From Crystallization Experiments on the ISS Could Help Merck Improve Cancer Drug Delivery

Today, a team of investigators from Merck Research Laboratories, led by Principal Investigator Paul Reichert, published results in the journal Nature Microgravity from their crystallization…

NASA astronaut Christina Koch (top center) conducts a spacewalk at the Port 6 (P6) truss structure work site to upgrade International Space Station power systems.

Axonis and Encapsulate Awarded 2019 Technology in Space Prize from Boeing and the ISS National Lab

Last night, the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory and Boeing announced the 2019 awardees of their annual “Technology in Space Prize” competition, through…

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba working on the LaunchPad Medical investigation onboard the ISS.

Space-Based Research Never Crossed My Mind—Until It Did

Brian Hess is CEO of LaunchPad Medical, a startup based in Lowell, Massachusetts. LaunchPad Medical was awarded a MassChallenge “Technology in Space Prize” from the…

LambdaVision President and CEO Nicole Wagner purifying the protein for use in the retinal implant.

Making Innovative Ideas Reality

Nicole L. Wagner is the CEO of LambdaVision, a startup based in Farmington, Connecticut that began as a spinoff company from a University of Connecticut…

NASA astronaut Serena Aun Chancellor working on the Angiex experiment onboard the ISS.

Pioneering the Wild West of Spaceflight Research

Paul Jaminet is founder and CEO of Angiex, Inc., a biotherapeutics startup based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Angiex was awarded a MassChallenge “Technology in Space Prize”…

Accelerating Startups in Space

Since 2014, the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory has partnered with The Boeing Company to sponsor the MassChallenge “Technology in Space Prize,” a…

This night image from the International Space Station shows the sun beginning to peak above the horizon sparkling through a green Aurora and reflecting a blue reflection off the station on Apr. 18, 2015 during Expedition 43.

Investment Perspectives: On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Markets Continue to Evolve

CONFERS (the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations) hosted its 2019 Global Satellite Servicing Forum in Washington, D.C. last week. The International Space…

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works on setting up the BioFabrication Facility to test print tissues as part of an investigation into whether human organs can be 3D printed in the weightless environment of space.

3D Printer for Human Tissue Now Available for Research Onboard the ISS National Laboratory

Two high-tech companies have teamed up to develop the first 3D printer dedicated to manufacturing human tissue in the microgravity conditions of space. Techshot Inc.,…

A panel of leading capital market participants from across the funding spectrum take part in the luncheon keynote Connecting the Capital Markets of Today and Tomorrow in Space at the 2019 ISS Research and Development Conference in Atlanta.

Space Investment 2019: Connecting Startups and Investors in Atlanta

The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory held its annual space-focused startup and investor networking event, Space Investment 2019, on July 31 at the…