ISS National Lab Education Project Manager Diane Matthews Receives Space Worker Hall of Fame Award
The National Space Club Florida Committee recently presented Diane Matthews, International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory education project manager, with the committee’s Space…
2019 ISSRDC Materials Science in Space Workshop Report Released
The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory and NASA’s Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications (SLPSRA) Division have released the 2019…
Testing Lamborghini Carbon-Fiber Composites in the Extreme Space Environment
Houston Methodist Institute, in collaboration with Automobili Laomborghini, launched an International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory investigation on Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply…
Published Results Demonstrate Microgravity Alters Cardiac Function at the Cellular Level
Today, the journal Stem Cell Reports published results from a research team at Stanford University School of Medicine that utilized the International Space Station…
Lockheed Martin Tests AstroRad Vest on ISS Crew
Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply services mission (NG CRS-12) that launched earlier this week included an International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory-sponsored investigation from…
Cygnus Successfully Docks to the ISS for Northrop Grumman’s 12th Commercial Resupply Services Mission
Yesterday, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission. Cygnus…
Butterflies in Space: A Special Education Teacher’s Journey With Orion’s Quest
I often hear, “I can’t,” “this is too hard,” or “this is a great idea…for honors students.” As a special education teacher, I have…
Axonis and Encapsulate Awarded 2019 Technology in Space Prize from Boeing and the ISS National Lab
Last night, the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory and Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced the 2019 awardees of their annual “Technology in Space…
Space-Based Research Never Crossed My Mind—Until It Did
It’s ironic that our company named itself LaunchPad Medical because our inspiration was to take challenging ideas and materials and launch them into the…
Making Innovative Ideas Reality
Entrepreneurs have a different way of looking at things. With an “anything is possible” mentality and the belief that there is limitless potential, entrepreneurs…
Pioneering the Wild West of Spaceflight Research
Doing spaceflight research is a lot like being a pioneer in the wild West: it’s exciting, it’s adventurous, and it’s challenging. In space, you’re…
Accelerating Startups in Space
Since 2014, the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory has partnered with The Boeing Company to sponsor the MassChallenge “Technology in Space Prize,”…