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March 22, 2018

Rooting for Answers: Testing Gravity Perception in Mustard Seedlings

When plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps them...

Example of parts Made In Space has printed at its Additive Manufacturing Facility aboard the International Space Station.

March 21, 2018

NASA, ASME Announce Winners of 3-D Printing Challenge

NASA and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Foundation recently announced three winners of the Future Engineers...

The Soyuz rocket is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad, Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station.

March 20, 2018

NASA TV to Broadcast Wednesday’s Space Station Crew Launch

NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev are ready for their journey to...

March 19, 2018

Predicting the Lifespan of Materials in Space

It is vital for scientists to understand exactly how long a material will last in outer space. Knowing this information allows...

ISS040 E 023287 (27 June 2014) This is a close up image photographed during a run of the Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) experiment onboard the Earth orbiting International Space Station.

March 19, 2018

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of Mar 12, 2018

The crew members aboard the International Space Station were busy this week with educational downlinks, emergency training and...

March 16, 2018

Space to Ground: Neuromapping: 03/16/2018

This week’s video update shares details of some of the research happening onboard the ISS including a study about fluids...

An astronaut installs a Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) facility on the exterior of the ISS during a spacewalk in 2001. Future iterations of MISSE, handled by Alpha Space, will be installed and maintained via robotic arm, eliminating reliance on spacewalks.

March 15, 2018

Next Resupply Mission to Launch More Science to the ISS

SpaceX’s next resupply mission to the International Space Station is targeted for no earlier than 4:30 p.m. April 2....

March 14, 2018

NASA ScienceCasts: The Power of Studying Combustion on the ISS

Scientists are using the unique microgravity environment of the International Space Station to research combustion through a...

Flight Engineer Joe Acaba holds a childrens book that he is reading from as part of the Story Time From Space program. Astronauts read aloud from a STEM related childrens book while being videotaped and demonstrate simple science concepts and experiments aboard the International Space Station.

March 13, 2018

Story Time From Space: In-Orbit Readings and Science to Encourage STEM in the Classroom

Story Time From Space is an investigation that aims to inspire students, educators and families to actively engage in Science,...

NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff conducting extravehicular activity (EVA) on the International Space Station, 2011.

March 12, 2018

Can My Genes in Space Experiment be Conducted on Astronauts?

Proposals for this year’s Genes in Space competition are due on April 20 but do you still have questions? One common...

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle harvested mizuna and red romaine lettuce as a part of the Veg 03 investigation. Portions of the harvest were consumed by crew members.

March 12, 2018

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of Mar 5, 2018

The three crew members currently onboard the International Space Station were busy again this week continuing a wide variety...

March 9, 2018

Space to Ground: A Unique Experience: 03/09/2018

In this week’s video update, you can watch JAXA astronaut Noriskige Kanai work on the newly installed Advanced Plant...

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