SpaceX CRS-15

Launch Resources

• Mission Overview

  SpaceX CRS-15 Mission Overview

  The International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory is enabling a new era of research in space aimed at improving life on Earth. This mission includes a variety of payloads representing diverse science investigations, ranging from the life and physical sciences to Earth observation and remote sensing.

  
• Press Release

  Upcoming SpaceX Mission to the International Space Station Loaded with Research

  As part of this mission, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will haul approximately 300 kilograms of research and hardware facilities under the ISS U.S. National Laboratory flight allocation representing a diverse mixture of payloads which are intended to benefit life on Earth.

  
• Video

  ISS National Lab SpaceX CRS-15 Science Overview

  The SpaceX CRS-15 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station will send new research and hardware from cancer therapeutics to student research, sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, to our orbital laboratory.
• Video

  ISS National Lab SpaceX CRS-15 Research Spotlight: Angiex, Inc.

  Angiex, Inc., an innovative startup (funded in part by Boeing through the MassChallenge Startup Accelerator), has developed a cancer therapy that regresses tumor cells in model organisms.
• Video

  ISS National Lab SpaceX CRS-15 Research Spotlight: University of California-Santa Barbara

  Researchers from University of California-Santa Barbara are sending an investigation to the ISS National Lab that will evaluate forces between particles that cluster together such as sediments of quartz and clay particles.
• Article

  Find Out “What’s on Board”

  ISS National Lab Deputy Chief Scientist, Dr. Michael Roberts, will be part of the panel discussing the research and hardware onboard the Dragon spacecraft that includes more than 20 ISS National Lab investigations.

  
• Article

  Endothelial Explorations

  With more than 100 types of cancer, it’s easy to see why experts describe it as a collection of diseases rather than a single condition. But, imagine a therapy with the potential to treat 90% of all cancers.

  
• Article

  Particles Take Up Space

  A University of California, Santa Barbara study, which was funded by the National Science Foundation and launched to the ISS on SpaceX CRS-15, is exploring the interaction of soil and sediment particles in water.

  
• Article

  Growing Microalgae in Microgravity

  By growing microalgae in the microgravity environment onboard the ISS National Lab, the research team hopes to gain insight into the genetic basis for biomass and high-value compound production in space.

  
• Article

  Miniature Microscope Aims to Maximize Science

  An investigation from Airbus Defence and Space, which launched on SpaceX CRS-15, aims to demonstrate new miniaturized fluoresence microscopy technology onboard the space station.