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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...

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...

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...

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 new crew...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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),...

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...

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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