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...

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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...

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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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Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch of the SpaceX CRS 15 mission took place at 5:42 a.m. EDT.

June 29, 2018

Dragon Makes its Way to the Space Station

SpaceX CRS-15 successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this morning at 5:42 am EDT. The Dragon capsule, which...

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, is seen shortly after being raised vertical at Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Thursday, June 1, 2017.

June 28, 2018

Find Out “What’s on Board”

Commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, for the launch of its 15th resupply...

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upward 3 2 magazine cover

June 27, 2018

Upward Volume 3, Issue 2—the official magazine of the ISS National Lab

Discover the latest activities taking place on the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory in the newest issue...

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NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold performs plant thinning operations for the Plant Habitat 1 investigation.

June 26, 2018

Plants in Space Help Plants on Earth

Like people, plants experience a wide range of physical and physiological changes in microgravity.  Understanding these...

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Astronaut Ricky Arnold removes PCG 9 sample bags containing Copper Sulfate from a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) and checks them for crystal growth.

June 26, 2018

Student Contest Winners Grow Crystals in Space

Students in Wisconsin eagerly awaited the return of the SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon capsule last month, which carried their space-grown...

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View from Cupola before sunset. Blick aus der Cupola kurz vor Sonnenuntergang.

June 26, 2018

Materials Science Space Station Investigations: Where Are They Now?

Research performed on the ISS National Lab isn’t one and done—it keeps moving forward. Upward has featured several ISS...

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removedebris satellite

June 25, 2018

RemoveDEBRIS Satellite Deployed

Last week, crew members on the International Space Station were busy preparing a satellite designed to test different types of...

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station over blue white earth

June 22, 2018

The Newest Upward is Coming!

 Upward, the quarterly magazine of the ISS National Laboratory, is filled with in-depth features and information about the...

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iss055e035373 (April 17, 2018) NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold (left) and Drew Feustel are pictured inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module talking to high school and college students from Lake Orion, Mich.

June 21, 2018

NASA Astronauts on the Space Station To Speak Live with Students in Brooklyn

Today, students at The Dag Hammarskjold School, or Public School 254, are scheduled to speak live with astronauts Ricky...

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