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Transcending Boundaries: Taking Materials Research and Development to Space

From its position in low Earth orbit, the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab opens the door to innovative materials research in space to benefit…

Launching Small Satellites with SlingShot

Last week, NASA astronaut Anne McClain installed the SlingShot small satellite deployer system on Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft. SlingShot, developed by SEOPS, LLC, will enable the…

Investment Perspectives: Snapshots from the ISS National Lab FY18 Annual Report

The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory has published its fiscal year 2018 (FY18, September year-end) results. The full report including all the details…

The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station almost 257 miles above Quebec on New Years Eve 2018.

Leveraging the ISS for Valuable Commercial Technology and Materials Research

The International Space Station (ISS) National Lab provides a powerful platform to advance consumer products with valuable commercial applications back on Earth. A growing number…

Setting Sights on Vision

Nicole Wagner is the president and CEO of LambdaVision, a startup company focused on developing an innovative protein-based retinal implant capable of restoring high-resolution vision…

A view of NASA astronaut Serena Aun Chancellor holding the Microg Rx CubeLab. The Culturing of Human Myocytes in Microgravity: An In Vitro Model to Evaluate Therapeutics to Counteract Muscle Wasting (Culturing of Human Myocytes in Microgravity) experiment aims to better understand muscle growth and repair in microgravity. Muscle wasting occurs in people on Earth with cancer, HIV AIDS, heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and sarcopenia (age related muscle loss). This investigation may support development of countermeasures and treatments for muscle wasting from these conditions.

Looking at Muscle Loss With a Lab-on-a-Chip

This past weekend, crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) worked on an investigation by Micro-gRx to validate the company’s “lab-on-a-chip” cell culturing system to…

Earths atmospheric glow, the stars of the Milky Way and an experiment facility at the tip of Japans Kibo lab module are seen in this night time photograph taken during Expedition 49.

Investment Perspectives: Conferring on On-Orbit Satellite Servicing

CONFERS (the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations) hosted its 2018 Global Satellite Servicing Forum in Washington, D.C. last week. Below are some…