Studying the Physics of Flame Spread to Minimize Structural Fire Hazards on Earth and in Space
Fire in confined spaces is inherently more dangerous than in the open, and no place is more confined than an orbiting spacecraft. This week,…
The View From the Cupola: Erik Svedberg
I am very excited to introduce this special issue of Upward to you, as its focus is on materials research in space. My work…
The View From the Cupola: Lucie Low
The opportunity to do biomedical research on the International Space Station (ISS) is so far outside the realm of possibility for most researchers in…
New Payloads From ISS National Lab Implementation Partner NanoRacks Launch to the ISS
When SpaceX’s 19th commercial resupply services mission launched to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this month, it carried close to 5,700 pounds of…
On the Hunt: Studying Insect-Killing Worms in Space
Last week, a type of microscopic worm that kills crop-eating insects rocketed to the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory for an agricultural…
Connecting Researchers For a Collaboration That May Change Thinking in a Field of Study
When I was first asked in early 2016 if we were funding a research project that might benefit from study in microgravity, I knew…
Space Station Research Could Help Merck Improve Cancer Drug Delivery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), December 6, 2019 – This week, investigators from Merck Research Laboratories published an article in the journal Nature Microgravity detailing…
SpaceX’s 19th Commercial Resupply Services Mission is Launching to the ISS
SpaceX’s 19th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission, currently scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than Wednesday, December…
Published Results From Crystallization Experiments on the ISS Could Help Merck Improve Cancer Drug Delivery
Today, a team of investigators from Merck Research Laboratories, led by Principal Investigator Paul Reichert, published results in the journal Nature Microgravity from their…
