NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Announced as Keynote Speaker at ISS R&D Conference
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), April 24, 2019 – The International Space Station (ISS) Research and Development Conference announced today that…
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Destination Station Outreach Increases Accessibility of the ISS
This week, representatives from the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab are in Austin, Texas for Destination Station outreach. Each year, the ISS National…
Earth Day on the International Space Station
Looking out the window of the International Space Station (ISS) and marveling at the beauty of our planet Earth, NASA astronaut Anne McClain tweeted,…
Investment Perspectives: Tailwinds from the 35th Space Symposium
The well-attended 35th Space Symposium wrapped up last Friday in Colorado Springs. Below, we highlight some key data points and implications for the NewSpace…
ZBLAN Optical Fiber: A Bright Future for Space-Based Manufacturing
First off, what are optical fibers? Optical fibers are remarkably fine glass or plastic fibers (imagine a thread thinner than a strand of your…
Northrop Grumman's 11th Commercial Resupply Mission
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is managing 13 payloads launching to the orbiting laboratory…
Chemistry for Humanity’s Next Giant Leap: A report from the American Chemical Society National Meeting
NASA and ACS members have led a growing effort to expand ACS meeting sessions describing space-related…
Space Station Explorers Releases New Kit Designed to Empower Students with Knowledge Through Hands-On Activities
This week at the National Conference on Science Education in St. Louis, the International Space Station…
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New ISS National Lab Research Aims to Treat Blindness
LambdaVision is a startup company who is developing a retinal implant that has the capacity to treat retinal degenerative blindness, which affects millions around the world. By sending research to the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, LambdaVision seeks to improve the manufacturing process associated with this implant.
Mission MIC: What Makes Ecolab Leaders in Microbial Control?
Mission MIC is a collaboration between Ecolab and the ISS National Lab that will enable us to study how oilfield biofilms grow in zero gravity versus what we see on earth. The experiment will launch in December 2018 and will help us answer questions that affect oilfield microbiology today.
ISS National Lab NG-10 Research Spotlight: Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip
The current high failure rate (more than 50%) of drugs in clinical trials has been linked, in part, to a lack of accurate preclinical testing. This project aims to expand use of Lab-on-a-Chip (a fully automated, multifunctional cell culture platform previously validated in bacterial and crystal growth studies) to study human skeletal muscle cell growth.