Earth and its inhabitants have changed over time. One constant, though, has been gravity. Plants on Earth evolved in gravity, and gravity has long been…

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You have got to be kidding! That is all I could think two and a half years ago when I got off the phone…

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After the completion of another record year, the ISS U.S. National Laboratory continues to expand the frontiers of science in low Earth orbit! In…

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The maturation of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory was on display at the recent ISS Research and Development (R&D) Conference in San…

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For millennia, humans have looked up to the sky to find constellations of stars, wondering what mysteries they hold. Today, we live in a…

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Right now, space tomatoes are growing in thousands of classrooms across North America. Through the award-winning Tomatosphere program, K-12 students cultivate and study seeds…

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Upward, the quarterly magazine of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory. Upward is published by the…

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Gravity is fascinating. So too is its absence. The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory is the world’s most accessible platform where persistent…

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Until a year ago, commercially printing objects in space was the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore. At any given time onboard the ISS…

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Our hands perform dozens, if not hundreds, of tasks for us every day. They wave hello and goodbye. They open jars, doors, and soda…

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Optical fibers are the thread that connects our modern digital world. Smaller in diameter than a human hair, these fibers can transmit light pulses…

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