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December 14, 2018

An Expanding Market of Nontraditional ISS Users

Part of the role of the ISS National Lab is to expand the utilization of the orbiting facility to nontraditional research...

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Astronaut Andrew Feustel is photographed holding sample bags which had been documented during the ISS National Lab PCG 9 sample inspection. Photo taken in the Cupola.

December 14, 2018

Wisconsin Crystal Growing Contest Winners Learn More Than Just Science!

The Wisconsin Space Crystal Mission was recently featured in the International Union of Crystallography’s latest...

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The Team Rocket experiment from the Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge onboard the International Space Station shortly after the hatch to SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft was opened.

December 13, 2018

Team Rocket Student Experiment In Orbit

Adia Bulawa holds Rocket, the Guardians of the Galaxy Character that inspired her winning idea to test a UV-activated dental...

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Spacewalker Oleg Kononenko is on the Strela boom getting ready for inspection work on the Soyuz crew vehicle.

December 12, 2018

A Successful Spacewalk for Russian Cosmonauts

Yesterday, International Space Station (ISS) crew members Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos successfully...

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The iLEAD team from Santa Clarita Valley International Charter High School and their project Drinking Coffee in Space: The Impact of Microgravity on Streptococcus mutans on Susceptibility to Coffee.

December 11, 2018

New Student Investigations Arrive at the Space Station

When the Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) this past Saturday, it brought with it several...

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NASA astronaut Serena Aun Chancellor works on Cemsicas gas separation membranes experiment onboard the International Space Station.

December 10, 2018

Going to Space to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions On Earth

An International Space Station (ISS) National Lab investigation that recently launched on Northrop Grumman CRS-10 could help...

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A view of (ARISE) NanoRacks Module 75, the Pump Application using Pulsed Electromagnets for Liquid reLocation (PAPELL) NanoRacks Module 76 and the Experimental Chondrule Formation at the International Space Station (EXCISS) NanoRacks Module 77 experiments on the ISS.

December 7, 2018

Student Experiments on Station

European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst recently worked with a NanoRacks module containing a student project examining...

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December 6, 2018

Tissue Chips Take Flight

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins shared his thoughts on human tissue chips heading to the...

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The two stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the SpaceXs Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 1:16 p.m. EST, Dec. 5, 2018. On its 16th commercial resupply services mission to the space station, Dragon will deliver several science investigations to the space station, including the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar (GEDI). GEDI will provide high quality laser ranging observations of the Earths forests and topography required to advance the understanding of important carbon and water cycling processes, biodiversity and habitat.

December 5, 2018

SpaceX CRS-16 is Heading to the International Space Station

SpaceX launched its 16th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force...

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European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst works on the LRRK2 protein crystallization experiment from The Michael J. Fox Foundation onboard the International Space Station.

December 5, 2018

Space Station Crew Works on Parkinson’s Protein Crystallization Experiment

International Space Station (ISS) crew members have been working on an investigation from The Michael J. Fox Foundation that...

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Budweiser is investigating the process of malting barley onboard the International Space Station.

December 4, 2018

Malting Barley in Microgravity

It’s a busy week on the International Space Station (ISS), with yesterday’s successful Soyuz launch bringing three...

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Microbes That Stick Together Corrode Together

December 3, 2018

Microbes That Stick Together Corrode Together

We all know about the harm some microbes can cause to our bodies. But that’s not the only thing that microbes can damage....

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