Shooting to Higher Orbit: SlingShot’s Flexible Launch Model Offers Affordable, Fast Path to LEO
The future low Earth orbit (LEO) economy depends on faster, more frequent rides to space. SEOPS, LLC is addressing this urgent need with its…
It’s Getting Crowded Up There: Towing Away Trash in Space
No one likes trash—not in landfills and not in space. Yet the mounting problem of orbital debris continues to increase as space gets more…
CASIS Board of Directors Welcomes New Members
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), August 12, 2020 – The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the organization that manages the International…
ISS National Lab Supporting a Series of Life Science Payloads Launching on Northrop Grumman CRS-13
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), February 6, 2020 – When Northrop Grumman’s 13th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission launches to the International Space Station (ISS),…
The ISS Engineering Feat: Solar Array Repair
In 2007, while deploying the solar arrays on the International Space Station (ISS), the guide wire ripped the solar panels, threatening the station’s power.…
The ISS Engineering Feat: Power and Cooling
Solar panels and radiators on the International Space Station are essential to power the life support systems and experiments onboard. On November 10, 1998,…
The ISS Engineering Feat: Design
Possibly the most interesting thing about the International Space Station (ISS) is not its experiments but how impressive of an engineering feat it is.…
The Engineering Feat: ISS Robotics
The International Space Station (ISS) has multiple robotics systems in place, ranging from the robotics allowing for the solar panels to always face the…
Mighty Mice in Space and Other ISS National Lab-Sponsored Payloads Return to Earth Completing SpaceX CRS-19
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), January 7, 2020 – Earlier today, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down off the coast of California, bringing with…
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…
2019 ISSRDC Award: Providing a Unique, Hands-On Learning Experience for Middle and High School Students Interested in Chemistry and Crystallization
Each year, the International Space Station (ISS) Research and Development (R&D) Conference, held in coordination with the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, NASA, and the…
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