Scientists prepare Apogee wheat seeds for the science carrier, or base, of the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH). A growing substrate called arcillite was packed down in the base and coverings were secured on top of the base

February 6, 2018

NASA Initiates First Grow Out in Advanced Plant Habitat on Space Station

NASA soon will better understand how plants grow in space with the help of a new, fully automated plant growth facility called...

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This tissue chip is made of clear flexible plastic.

February 5, 2018

R&D in Space: Medical Discoveries in Microgravity

The second in a four-part series from R&D Magazine highlights some of the exciting space-based R&D and innovation that...

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NASA astronaut Joe Acaba works with the SPHERES satellite as part of the SmoothNav investigation.

February 5, 2018

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of Jan. 29, 2018

Last week, the crew living and working aboard the International Space Station had a busy week of science and spacewalk...

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Space to Ground: Russian Spacewalk: 02/02/2018

February 5, 2018

Space to Ground: Russian Spacewalk: 02/02/2018

This week’s video update shares highlights the record-setting Russian spacewalk and details of the upcoming mid-February...

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CubeSats NODes 1 & 2 and STMSat 1 are deployed from the International Space Station during Expedition 47.

February 2, 2018

Failure is an Option

Lessons can be learned from what some might consider failure. A small Earth-observation satellite known as STMSat-1, built...

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Ten day old Arabidopsis thaliana plants growing vertically on the surface of a 10 cm square nutrient gel Petri plate. This experiment form factor is routinely used in the PIs laboratory for ground based studies, and will be used in the APEX04 flight experiment as well.

February 2, 2018

Plant Research in Space is Cropping Up

It doesn’t take a green thumb to know how dependent plants are on the Earth. Plants draw water and nutrients from the soil to...

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Expedition 39 flight engineer Steve Swanson harvests plant specimens from Characterizing Arabidopsis Root Attractions (CARA) Petri Plant plates.

February 2, 2018

Putting Down Roots in Space

Plants grow just about everywhere on Earth, and are able to adapt to extreme conditions ranging from drought to disease....

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Identical twin astronauts, Scott and Mark Kelly, are subjects of NASAs Twins Study. Scott (left) spent a year in space while Mark (right) stayed on Earth as a control subject. Researchers looked at the effects of space travel on the human body.

February 2, 2018

NASA Twins Study Investigators to Release Integrated Paper in 2018

NASA’s Twins Study saw astronaut Scott Kelly spend one year living on the International Space Station while his...

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ISS048E069880 Flight engineer Kate Rubins makes preparations for the Run 2 sample initialization of the Biomolecule Sequencer experiment. Image was taken in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory

February 2, 2018

R&D in Space: A New Frontier for Innovation

Space has become an increasingly attractive destination for research, manufacturing and more, as its microgravity environment...

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ISS036 E 035133 (22 Aug. 2013) Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five hour, 58 minute spacewalk, Misurkin and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (out of frame) completed the replacement of a laser communications experiment with a new platform for a small optical camera system, the installation of new spacewalk aids and an inspection of antenna covers.

February 1, 2018

Russian Spacewalk to Air on NASA TV

Two veteran Russian cosmonauts, Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin and Flight Engineer Anton Shkaplerov, will venture...

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ISS014 E 18307 (27 March 2007) Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, talks with students at the International School of Brussels in Belgium during an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact in the Zvezda Service Module.

January 31, 2018

Four Ways Ham Radio Connects and Inspires the World

Crew members onboard the International Space Station communicate with students all over the world using the station’s ham...

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The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the moon at roughly five miles per second on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, from Alexandria, Va

January 31, 2018

ISS Transits the Full Moon

The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the moon at roughly five miles...

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