A view of the miniPCR device in the cupola on the International Space Station.

June 22, 2022

From Science Fairs to Space: Student Experiments Help Launch New Era of Space-Based Research

To advance scientific discovery in new ways, scientists are taking their experiments and labs to an environment unlike any other.

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December 23, 2019

The View From the Cupola: Lucie Low

This special issue of Upward will revisit some of the most groundbreaking life sciences research done on the ISS National Lab.

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July 11, 2019

Mending a Broken Heart Using Microgravity: Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells Hold Promise for...

The microgravity environment of the ISS National Lab allows scientists to study cells in ways not possible on the ground.

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The NELL 1 based osteoporosis therapy was pre loaded in syringes prior to the launch of SpaceX CRS 11 and kept in a freezer until use onboard the ISS.

June 26, 2018

Building Bones: Testing a New Osteoporosis Therapy With Mice in Microgravity

Every three seconds, a person somewhere in the world breaks a bone due to osteoporosis.

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November 27, 2017

Pure of Heart: How Microgravity is Improving Cardiac Cell Quality

Heart disease costs an estimated $207 billion each year in healthcare services, medications, and missed work.

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