It’s About More Than Just the Beer
When most people think of Budweiser, the image that typically comes to mind is a team of eight enormous Clydesdale horses pulling a large…
Turning Lab Mice Into Superheroes
What does it take to turn a run-of-the-mill, average laboratory mouse into a Mighty Mouse? More than just a mouse-sized superhero costume, according to…
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,…
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…
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…
Materials in Microgravity: The ISS National Lab is Coming to the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
Uniformity. It is a central concept in materials science. We have all heard about how a chain is only as strong as its weakest…
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 Lamborghini, launched an International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory investigation on Northrop Grumman's 12th commercial resupply…