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Launching From the Classroom to Careers: Students Gain Valuable Skills Through Research on the Space Station
…within a community compete against each other to earn the flight slot for their community. For Mission 18, SSEP received nearly 1,900 proposals, which were narrowed to 110 finalists. A…
Read MoreNew Startup Awards and Opportunities, Funding Successes
…edge-computing and artificial-intelligence solutions for robotics, sensing, and communications applications. Leveraging the ISS National Lab, the company is planning to develop and mature a novel intersatellite communications platform. Oculogenex is…
Read MoreISS National Lab-Sponsored Research to Accompany SpaceX Crew-5 Astronauts to Orbiting Laboratory
…launch of Dragon Endurance. Mann will be the first female SpaceX Dragon commander to serve as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. This is the first spaceflight for Mann, Cassada,…
Read MoreComing Together to Help: Implementation Partners Provide Aid During COVID-19 Crisis
…healthcare workers and first responders from exposure to COVID-19. The Boeing Company, which supports the MassChallenge “Technology in Space Prize” and the Genes in Space student research competition, used one…
Read MoreSparking Student Interest in Space Science in Brazil
…company, Airvantis, so students would have an opportunity to compete. “The government is cutting a lot of investment in science, so we are trying to keep the science alive in…
Read MoreISS National Lab Projects Attract Additional Funding and Support
…Francisco-based company Orbital Sidekick. The company flew its hyperspectral sensor system for commercial Earth observation on SpaceX CRS-15. The satellite-based hyperspectral imaging aims to provide timely, cost-effective, and noninvasive global…
Read MoreA Small Drop With a Big Impact: Fundamental Science in Space to Improve Medicine on Earth
…function. But proteins are flexible and can change how they fold depending on their environment, complicating pharmaceutical manufacturing. For example, some proteins change structure when they come into contact with…
Read MoreInvestment Perspectives: Charts and Thoughts from SmallSat Symposium 2020
…aggressive pace, as well as deployments from other communications and IoT fleets, the 2020 smallsat launch mix looks to significantly swing toward the communications sector. Led by lower commercial deployments,…
Read MoreSpaceX CRS-24 Splashes Down Safely After One Month on the ISS, Returns Science to Researchers on Earth
…Dragon spacecraft spent more than 30 days docked to the International Space Station (ISS), and with this completed mission, it successfully transported a variety of research investigations back to Earth…
Read MoreRedwire and Recently Acquired Subsidiary Techshot Launching Payloads Leveraging ISS National Lab on SpaceX CRS-24
…Space, a leading space infrastructure company and ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider, seeks to accelerate humanity’s expansion in space. Redwire is presently responsible for more than 25 space-based facilities,…
Read MoreInternational Space Station Benefits for Humanity Publication Released Today
…investigations fall within the section “Economic Development of Space,” which focuses on how private-sector companies are using space to advance commercial products for consumers back on the ground. The ISS…
Read MoreInnovation on the ISS to Improve Medicines on Earth
…the polio vaccine, and insulin—launched three experiments to the ISS on SpaceX-8 in April, continuing the company’s tradition as a leader in research. Lilly’s goal: to make better products that…
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