Mighty Mice to the Rescue: How Mice in Microgravity Help Patients With Muscle and Bone Loss on Earth
People usually think of bone and muscle as very different things. Bones support the body and give it shape, while muscles provide the strength…
Space Crystals and the Search for a Cancer Cure: Using Microgravity to Improve Protein Crystallization
To take a shot at a “holy grail” of cancer drug discovery, researchers from Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research set their sights on…
Fueling the Low Earth Orbit Economy: Orbit Fab’s Gas Stations in Space
A year before Orbit Fab completed tests on the International Space Station (ISS) for hardware designed to refuel spacecraft in orbit, Furphy—as the project…
Crystal Clear: Super-Sized Protein Crystals From Space Could Help Treat Diseases on Earth
In Greek mythology, Pandora’s Box releases disease and other miseries into the world. But in real life, a very different type of box uses…
From Science Fairs to Space: Student Experiments Help Launch New Era of Space-Based Research
To advance scientific discovery in new ways, scientists are taking their experiments and labs to an environment unlike any other: the International Space Station…
Extreme Electronics: LEO as the Ultimate Technology Proving Ground
Computing advances continue to push the envelope for ever-smaller, ruggedized electronics that must thrive in extreme conditions, whether inside jet engines, nuclear reactors, geothermal…
On the Edge of the Edge: Taking Supercomputing to Space
On Earth, scientists are used to having high-performance computers at their fingertips. Such computing capabilities are critical to analyze the rich data from experiments…
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…
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…
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