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October 6, 2017

The ISS is on Google Street View!

It was a major feat to get the International Space Station onto Google Street View! The project’s mission patch...

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September 25, 2017

“Two for the Crew” Challenge: Design a Tool to 3D Print in Space

Two for the Crew is the newest space innovation challenge developed by Future Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical...

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September 18, 2017

See the Crowd Favorite Designs for the “Chips in Space” Mission Patch

The votes are in! Thank you to everyone who submitted and/or voted on designs for the 2017 Tissue Chips in Space mission...

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August 9, 2017

Submit Your Design for the “Chips In Space” Mission Patch!

CASIS, NCATS, and NASA need your ideas to design a mission patch for an exciting new research program on the International...

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Genes in Space winners Elizabeth Reizis and Sophia Chen pose with astronauts Soichi Noguchi, Kate Rubins, and Samantha Cristoforetti, as well as Mark Mulqueen, ISS Program Manager for Boeing.

July 25, 2017

It’s a Tie! Two Students Will Send Their DNA Experiments to Space

Genes in Space, a STEM competition for grades 7-12, announces its winners every year at the ISS Research and Development...

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June 7, 2017

Genes in Space Announces Finalists in 2017 Competition

On May 16, 2017, Genes in Space announced the 25 awardees of its third annual competition. The competitors are students in...

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Its usually the first time the students or teachers have ever gotten to hold something that has flown in space. The tiny seeds in one of these packets have orbited Earth more than 500 times traveling over 10 million miles aboard one of humanitys greatest achievements in cooperation and engineering!

May 15, 2017

You Can Grow Tomatoes from Seeds That Flew in Space!

Tomatosphere, a Space Station Explorers partner program, is looking forward to a big year. Through this award-winning,...

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NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren operates the amateur radio onboard the ISS.

May 8, 2017

Connecting Kids with Astronauts: Radio Amateur of the Year

Congratulations to Frank Bauer on receiving the 2017 Amateur of the Year Award! Frank is the International Chair of ARISS...

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March 8, 2017

“Space Linguine” Takes Home the Title of Zero Robotics Champion!

On January 27, 2017, astronauts aboard the International Space Station refereed the 2016 High School Finals of the international...

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February 24, 2017

A Science Haiku

On Thursday, February 23, a SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully berthed with the International Space Station. The mission is...

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January 25, 2017

Announcing the Space Crystal Prize

Media Credit: Molecular Structure Laboratory at University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison...

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December 1, 2016

Space Station Explorers Launches “Mystery Images from Space” Activity

UPDATE: The Mystery Images from Space activity has moved. Windows on Earth now posts a weekly #MysteryImage @WinEarthPhotos on...

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