View of the NREP through a window in the Japanese Experiment Module, nicknamed Kibō.

January 9, 2025

ISS National Lab Enables Record-Breaking Year of Space-Based Scientific Results

Discover some of the most transformative investigations in 2024 that address real-world challenges and benefit Earth’s economy.

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January 8, 2025

ISS National Lab Announces Up to $650,000 in Funding for Technology Advancement in Low Earth...

Space-based technology development and demonstration provides opportunities to improve life and build commerce in LEO.

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

January 6, 2025

NSF and the ISS National Lab Announce Up to $3.6 Million in Funding for Physical Science...

Knowledge gained from this research leads to advances that bring value to our nation and further inform the scientific community.

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The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft by a SpaceX Crew-8 member after undocking in October 2024.

December 19, 2024

A Year of Space-Based Innovation: ISS National Lab Sponsored More Than 100 Payloads in 2024,...

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida with nearly 50 payloads sponsored by the ISS National Lab.

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The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured docked at the International Space Station's on November 4, 2024.

December 17, 2024

ISS National Lab-Sponsored Projects on Cancer, Neurodegenerative Conditions, and More Return...

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida with nearly 50 payloads sponsored by the ISS National Lab.

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A view of the AstroRad vest in the Cupola module onboard the space station

December 11, 2024

Innovative AstroRad Vest Poised to Safeguard Astronauts from Space Radiation

Solicitation now open for multiple awards supporting space-based tissue engineering and mechanobiology research.

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

December 4, 2024

Up to $1.6 Million in Funding Available for NSF Tissue Engineering Research Utilizing the...

Solicitation now open for multiple awards supporting space-based tissue engineering and mechanobiology research.

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

November 25, 2024

ISS National Lab Publication Highlights Groundbreaking Physical Science Research in Space

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), November 25, 2024 – A paper published in Gravitational and Space Research unveils insights gained...

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An image captured during in-orbit microscopy showing a human brain organoid model of iSPC-derived neurons and astrocytes expressing a neuron-specific AAV vector-delivered gene.

November 21, 2024

Space-Grown Brain Organoids Help Advance New Neurological Treatment

Did you know some viruses don’t cause illness and can instead be used to treat disease?

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The Nanolab Astrobeat module hull and core side by side.

November 7, 2024

Space, the Final Frontier for…Welding? ISS National Lab-Sponsored Research to Test...

Imagine a spacecraft hurtling through deep space when suddenly, it's struck by a rogue piece of space debris.

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft preparing for launch to the ISS.

November 4, 2024

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-31 Mission Overview

Learn more about the ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations launching to the space station on this mission.

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Seen here is a up-close view of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket in the vertical position at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station.

November 1, 2024

Mission to International Space Station Launches Research on Brain Organoids, Heart Muscle...

More than 25 payloads sponsored by the ISS National Lab are heading to the orbiting outpost.

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