NASA astronaut Christina Koch monitors a satellite refueling experiment called Furphy on the ISS developed by startup company Orbit Fab.

ISS National Lab Projects Attract Additional Funding and Support

Three Virginia university satellites are beginning their science mission in Earth orbit after their successful deployment from the International Space Station on July 3, 2019. The Virginia CubeSat Constellation mission will obtain measurements of atmospheric properties and quantify atmospheric density and how it relates to orbital decay. The CubeSats were deployed as part of NASAs CubeSat Launch Initiative.

Investment Perspectives: Charts and Thoughts from SmallSat Symposium 2020

Dr. Fatma Kaplan, Pheronym, and Dr. David Shapiro Ilan, USDA Agricultural Research Service, select insects to be used in the experiment.

On the Hunt: Studying Insect-Killing Worms in Space

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet removing the Protein Crystallization Facility hardware from the incubator on the ISS for Mercks investigation.

Published Results From Crystallization Experiments on the ISS Could Help Merck Improve Cancer Drug Delivery

NASA astronaut Christina Koch (top center) conducts a spacewalk at the Port 6 (P6) truss structure work site to upgrade International Space Station power systems.

Axonis and Encapsulate Awarded 2019 Technology in Space Prize from Boeing and the ISS National Lab

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba working on the LaunchPad Medical investigation onboard the ISS.

Space-Based Research Never Crossed My Mind—Until It Did

LambdaVision President and CEO Nicole Wagner purifying the protein for use in the retinal implant.

Making Innovative Ideas Reality

NASA astronaut Serena Aun Chancellor working on the Angiex experiment onboard the ISS.

Pioneering the Wild West of Spaceflight Research

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Accelerating Startups in Space

This night image from the International Space Station shows the sun beginning to peak above the horizon sparkling through a green Aurora and reflecting a blue reflection off the station on Apr. 18, 2015 during Expedition 43.

Investment Perspectives: On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Markets Continue to Evolve

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works on setting up the BioFabrication Facility to test print tissues as part of an investigation into whether human organs can be 3D printed in the weightless environment of space.

3D Printer for Human Tissue Now Available for Research Onboard the ISS National Laboratory

A panel of leading capital market participants from across the funding spectrum take part in the luncheon keynote Connecting the Capital Markets of Today and Tomorrow in Space at the 2019 ISS Research and Development Conference in Atlanta.

Space Investment 2019: Connecting Startups and Investors in Atlanta