Making Space-Based Research More Affordable—With a Little Help From the Girl Scouts
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), August 25, 2021 – Using ants, plants, and even brine shrimp, a group of Girl Scouts will be among the…
High School Grad’s Spacebound Study Began With Astronaut Medical Mystery
An 18-year-old high school graduate has developed an elegant new way to gauge the liver health of astronauts—and it could someday help solve an…
International Destination Station: Bringing the Space Station to Researchers and Educators
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to send a research investigation to the International Space Station (ISS)? Have you ever been…
Innovation for Education: Adapting Tomatosphere™ in a Virtual Environment
Space Station Ambassador Debbie Reynolds cannot stop pinching herself to confirm what feels like a dream is truly her reality. After more than 25…
Inspiring Girls in STEM: Girl Scouts Will Send Research to the ISS
As we continue to celebrate Women’s History Month, we are reminded that young girls everywhere are drawing inspiration from these moments, hoping to someday…
New 2021 Research Announcement Focuses on Higher Education and Digitization
The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory supports advanced research and development (R&D) that improves human knowledge and the quality of life on…
Nickelodeon’s Slime in Space Takes Off
This past weekend, Nickelodeon aired its annual Kids’ Choice Awards, famous over the years for “sliming” its many celebrity guests and award winners. If you…
From the Classroom to Space: Launching Student Science
Last week, students from several iLead Schools had an out-of-this-world opportunity—to take their science experiments from the classroom to space! The students’ experiments, supported…
Engaging Students in Research on Nitrogen Fixation in Microgravity
In ExoLab-7, which recently launched to the ISS on NG CRS-13, Magnitude.io seeks to explore how humans can sustainably grow food crops in space…
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 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: 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.…
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