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July 17, 2018

Remote Sensing and Earth Science on the Space Station

From its position in low Earth orbit (about 240 miles from Earth’s surface), the International Space Station provides a...

July 16, 2018

Physical Sciences and Materials Development on the Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a valuable platform for a wide variety of research in the areas of physical science and...

July 13, 2018

Life Sciences on the Space Station

The International Space Station provides a unique platform for studying the effects of spaceflight on living organisms. The...

July 12, 2018

The Value of Space-based R&D

According to a recent Pew Research Center study, the vast majority of Americans believe that “the space station has been a...

Image of fixed macrophages using three chromophores created by the FLUMIAS DEA miniaturized fluorescence microscope during Science Verification Test.

July 11, 2018

Miniature Microscope Aims to Maximize Science

A miniaturized fluorescence microscope could have a big impact on biological studies on the International Space Station. An...

The Space Algae investigation explores the genetic basis for productivity of algae cultivated in space. Crew members installed the culture bags in the Veggie facility and set up Veggie light intensity and airflow parameters.

July 10, 2018

Growing Microalgae in Microgravity

Last week, crew members prepared the Veggie facility on the International Space Station for an experiment to grow microalgae in...

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly handling the Rodent Research Facility onboard the International Space Station.

July 9, 2018

Microgravity, Mice, and the Microbiota

Crew members transferred 20 mice into the rodent habitat onboard the International Space Station last week as part of the...

NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer taken shortly after successful deployment of CubeSats during Expedition 51

July 6, 2018

Small Satellites with Big Missions

In preparation for an upcoming CubeSat deployment from the International Space Station, crew members installed a NanoRacks...

Extra Dwarf Pak Choy and Wasabi plants are growing in a laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Seeds from these and two other new varieties of plants were delivered to the ISS on SpaceX CRS 15.

July 5, 2018

Students Help Choose New Plants to Send to the Space Station

Students helped NASA choose two of the four new varieties of plants that were sent to the International Space Station on SpaceX...

Scanning electron microscopy image of aggregates of kaolinite clay formed in salt solution

July 3, 2018

Particles Take Up Space

Each year, millions of dollars are spent by oil companies during exploratory drilling operations to find suitable drilling...

Bryce meets with science teacher Tracy Rossi and Principal Sherryl Loya at Farmwell Station Middle School.

July 3, 2018

Planting the Seeds for Space Research and Advocacy in the Scientists of Tomorrow at ISSRDC

For Bryce Hilliard, a seventh-grader in Virginia, the 2017 International Space Station Research and Development Conference...

Green labels TM4SF1, the target of Angiexs cancer therapy; red labels the cytoskeleton, the equivalent of bone in cells; blue labels the nucleus. These two endothelial cells interact with one another and are connected by nanopodia, long membrane tubes that appear in this image as a series of green dots. The green dots label the microdomains by which Angiexs drug is delivered into endothelial cells. The drug kills dividing endothelial cells. In adults, endothelial cells rarely divide in normal vessels, but frequently divide in tumors to support tumor growth. By targeting these dividing cells, Angiexs drug can destroy tumor blood vessels, leading to regression of the tumor.

July 2, 2018

Endothelial Explorations

As the second-leading cause of death in the U.S., many of us have seen firsthand the devastating effects of cancer. With more...

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