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🚀 Meet the vision

🚀 Meet the visionaries and investors powering the future of innovation in low Earth orbit:

Join the ISS National Lab and leading venture partners for the Orbital Edge Accelerator Founder Networking Reception on April 23, 2026, in Cambridge, MA.

Connect with ambitious founders, top investors, and industry leaders shaping the future of commercial space and low Earth orbit. Learn more about the 2026 Orbital Edge Accelerator, explore partnership opportunities, and expand your network in a highly curated setting.

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The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory

Solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges through space-based research.

Where? In space.
Low Earth orbit (LEO), approximately 250 miles above the Earth.

Research in Space Benefits Humanity

Upward Volume 9, Issue 1
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EXPLORE RESULTS FROM RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN SPACE

Upward Volume 9, Issue 1 Available Now

In this issue’s cover story, discover how a biotech startup is using space to manufacture artificial retinas that could restore vision in people with macular degeneration. Other features highlight a new in-orbit capture system that could help remove space debris and a study on how microbes could be used to produce valuable materials on long-duration spaceflight missions.

Photo documentation of the Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) platform aboard the International Space Station.

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National Lab research announcements (NLRAs) seek proposals that advance R&D in key areas with demonstrated potential to develop into sustainable markets and benefit humanity.

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