Staying True to Your Roots: Plants on the ISS
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…
View From the Cupola: Kenneth Savin
You have got to be kidding! That is all I could think two and a half years ago when I got off the phone…
View From the Cupola: Greg Johnson
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…
View From the Cupola: Julie Robinson
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…
The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean Image Processing System
For millennia, humans have looked up to the sky to find constellations of stars, wondering what mysteries they hold. Today, we live in a…
The Tomatosphere™ Education Program: Entering a Fruitful New Phase
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…
View From the Cupola: Michael Roberts
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…
The View From the Cupola: Randy Giles
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…
The New Gold Rush: 3D Printing in Micro-G
Until a year ago, commercially printing objects in space was the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore. At any given time onboard the ISS…
Bringing Motion to Life: Materials Science Research in Space
Our hands perform dozens, if not hundreds, of tasks for us every day. They wave hello and goodbye. They open jars, doors, and soda…
Exotic Glass Fibers From Space: The Race to Manufacture ZBLAN
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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