SpaceX CRS 27 launches from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023.

May 30, 2023

Materials and Life Science Payloads, CubeSats Flying on Next Resupply Mission to...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 30, 2023 – A student-led genetics investigation, six small satellites called CubeSats, a...

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SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket, with the companys Dragon spacecraft atop, lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A in Florida on March 14, 2023, beginning the companys 27th resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:30 p.m. EDT.

May 30, 2023

SpaceX CRS-28 Mission Overview

SpaceX’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will launch from the Kennedy...

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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.

May 15, 2023

Research Announcement for Technology Development Leveraging International Space Station is...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 15, 2023 – The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is soliciting flight...

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Axiom Mission 1 on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A, Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

May 11, 2023

Second All-Private Astronaut Mission to the International Space Station Also Brings...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 11, 2023 – The second launch of an all-private astronaut mission to the International Space...

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Bioengineered liver and kidney constructs flying to space will help researchers understand microgravitys effects on vascular used tissues.

May 11, 2023

Engineered Kidney and Liver Tissues to Fly on Ax-2

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 19, 2023 – More than 100,000 people are on the national transplant list, with 80 percent of...

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Researchers from UC San Diego are sending tumor organoids to space to better understand how cancer spreads.

May 11, 2023

Sanford Stem Cell Institute to Study Cancer Stem Cell Targeted Therapy in Space

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 18, 2023 – As the second leading cause of death worldwide, cancer has touched the lives of most...

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Jessica Pham, a senior laboratory researcher with the University of California San Diego on Catriona Jamiesons team, observes cells in a nanobioreactor being prepared for a mission to the International Space Station.

May 11, 2023

Astronauts’ Blood Samples to Shed Light on Stem Cells and Cancer on Second All-Private...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 17, 2023 – Astronauts on Axiom Space’s second all-private crew mission (Ax-2) to the...

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Pluripotent stem cells (shown in green) take up DNA (shown in red), in a process called transfection.

May 11, 2023

Cedars-Sinai to Send Stem Cells to the Space Station to Aid in the Advancement of Stem...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 16, 2023 – Age-related conditions such as stroke, cancer, dementia, and other neurodegenerative...

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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan work with the mice in the Life Sciences Glovebox onboard the ISS.

May 3, 2023

Mighty Mice in Space May Help Patients With Bone and Muscle Loss on Earth

Research results have implications both for patients on Earth and astronauts on long-duration spaceflight missions. 

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The Frederick National Lab team carefully opening samples returned from the ISS

April 27, 2023

Looking to Microgravity Crystallization for a Cancer Cure

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), April 27, 2023 – In their quest to discover a cure for cancer, a team of researchers at Frederick...

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ISSRDC 2023

April 25, 2023

Registration Opens for 2023 International Space Station Research and Development Conference...

SEATTLE (WA), April 25, 2023 – Registration is now open for the 12th annual International Space Station Research and...

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The Dragon spacecraft leaves the ISS heading back to Earth on 4.15.23

April 17, 2023

SpaceX CRS-27 Splashes Down in the Atlantic, Returning Science to Researchers on Earth

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), April 17, 2023 – Over the weekend, SpaceX completed its 27th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)...

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