The Ring Sheared Drop system containing concentrated solution of human serum albumin (the main protein constituent of blood).

NSF/CASIS 2025 Collaboration on Transport Phenomena Research on the ISS to Benefit Life on Earth

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli works with the BioFabrication Facility onboard the ISS

NSF/CASIS 2025 Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology on the ISS to Benefit Life on Earth

NASA astronaut Christina Koch works on the University of Washington kidney tissue chip investigation inside the Life Sciences Glovebox onboard the ISS.

Tissue Chips in Space 2.0: Translational Multi-Organ Tissue Chip Systems for Drug Efficacy, Toxicity Testing, and Personalized Medicine in Human Health, Aging and Associated Diseases

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson works on the Oncolinx investigation onboard the ISS.

Technology in Space Prize 2024 (Funded by Boeing and CASIS in Partnership with MassChallenge)

The MISSE Flight Facility, a commercially available orbital research facility that resides externally onboard the ISS, offers researchers the ability to test concepts in the extreme environment of space.

NLRA 2024-7: Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab

NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur works in the Microgravity Science Glovebox on the ISS.

NLRA 2024-6: In-space Production Applications: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

Space Station Ambassador and educator, Laura Tomlin participating in a reduced gravity flight as part of the Embedded Teachers Program

NLRA 2024-5 Leveraging the International Space Station for STEM Education and Workforce Developmentue Engineering and Biomanufacturing

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman work in the Microgravity Science Glovebox onboard the ISS

NLRA 2024-4 Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab

European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer.

NSF/CASIS 2024 Collaboration on Transport Phenomena Research on the ISS to Benefit Life on Earth

iss062e120658 (April 2, 2020) NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir conducts cardiac research in the Life Sciences Glovebox located in the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. The Engineered Heart Tissues investigation could promote a better understanding of cardiac function in microgravity which would be useful for drug development and other applications related to heart conditions on Earth.

NSF/CASIS 2024 Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology on the ISS to Benefit Life on Earth

iss065e154567 (June 30, 2021) Expedition 65 Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency works inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox for the InSPACE 4 advanced materials study today that seeks to improve the strength and safety of Earth and space systems.

NLRA 2023-7: Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab

The Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), in the grasp of the Kibo laboratory robotic arm, is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member on the International Space Station as it deploys a set of NanoRacks CubeSats. The CubeSats program contains a variety of experiments such as Earth observations and advanced electronics testing.

NLRA 2023-8: Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab