SpaceX’s 16th Commercial Resupply Services Mission

November 30, 2018

SpaceX’s 16th Commercial Resupply Services Mission

SpaceX’s 16th Commercial Resupply Services (SpaceX CRS-16) mission is scheduled to launch to the International Space...

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November 29, 2018

Advancing Alzheimer’s Research

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that as many as 5 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s...

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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.

November 28, 2018

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...

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November 27, 2018

Discussing Business Opportunities in Space at SpaceCom 2018

Today at the 2018 Space Commerce Conference and Exposition (SpaceCom), International Space Station (ISS) National Lab Commercial...

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Prepping Payloads for Launch

November 26, 2018

Prepping Payloads for Launch

SpaceX is preparing for its 16th Commercial Resupply Services (SpaceX CRS-16) mission to the International Space Station (ISS),...

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Creating a Space-based Kitchen

November 21, 2018

Creating a Space-based Kitchen

While everyone is busy in their kitchens this Thanksgiving, Zero G Kitchen is developing a small oven to send to the...

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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the First International Space Station Module

November 20, 2018

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the First International Space Station Module

The Zarya Control Module was launched atop a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 20, 1998. Zarya...

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Going Beyond Earth’s Limitations to Understand Parkinson’s Disease

November 19, 2018

Going Beyond Earth’s Limitations to Understand Parkinson’s Disease

We know that the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease originate from a decrease in dopamine production due to the loss of neurons....

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The Mulitpurpose Precision Maintenance Tool, created by University of Alabama in Huntsville student Robert Hillan as part of the Future Engineers Space Tool Challenge, was printed on the International Space Station. It is designed to provide astronauts with a single tool that can help with a variety of tasks, including tightening nuts or bolts of different sizes and stripping wires.

November 16, 2018

Taking Recycling to a New Level

Opportunities to recycle abound, even in space. In honor of America Recycles Day, below highlights a unique International Space...

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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.

November 15, 2018

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...

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Siobhan Malany (fourth from the right) and team at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility to prepare the Micro gRx payload for launch.

November 14, 2018

Modeling Muscle Atrophy in Microgravity: Testing Lab-on-a-Chip Technology

Siobhan Malany is the president of Micro-gRx, a company founded to “adapt and enhance life sciences disease modeling...

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Cygnus is Preparing for Launch to the Space Station

November 13, 2018

Cygnus is Preparing for Launch to the Space Station

Northop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is preparing to journey to the International Space Station (ISS) later this week. The...

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