External view of the ISS, October 2021

As part of strategic initiatives to enable science in space for life on Earth, the ISS National Lab hosts workshops in the life and physical sciences, remote sensing, and technology to explore research areas with high likelihood for rapid knowledge advancement and the potential to support commercialization of low Earth orbit. These workshops bring together subject matter experts from industry, academia, and government agencies to gather input and guidance on how best to utilize the ISS National Lab to advance R&D for the nation in targeted sectors.

Reports produced from these workshops (and from commissioned expert analyses) inform future ISS National Lab R&D partnership opportunities for sponsored research programs as well as approaches for new users to engage in an emergent private spaceflight economy.