SpaceX CRS-17

Launch Resources

• Mission Overview

  SpaceX CRS-17 Mission Overview

  The SpaceX CRS-17 mission includes a variety of ISS National Lab investigations representing diverse science investigations, ranging from the life and physical sciences to Earth observation and remote sensing, as well as educational experiments intended to engage and excite the next generation of scientists and engineers.

  
• Video

  Emulate Tissue Chip Research on the International Space Station

  Emulate is an innovative and emerging biotechnology company sending a tissue chip investigation to the ISS U.S. National Laboratory. Learn about tissue chip technology, and how the microgravity environment of the space station can influence science to benefit patient care on Earth.

  
• Video

  M.I.T. Osteoarthritis Tissue Chips to the International Space Station

  There are no disease-modifying drugs for any type of osteoarthritis other than painkillers, which do not halt the progression of disease. Investigations on the ISS National Lab have the potential to lead to the discovery of treatments and treatment regimens that, if administered immediately after a joint injury, may halt the progression of the disease before it becomes irreversible.

  
• Press Release

  Multiple Regenerative Medicine Payloads Ready for Flight to the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory

  The ISS U.S. National Laboratory is finalizing more than a dozen payloads for launch to the orbiting laboratory aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Many of these payloads are aimed at improving human health on Earth, with several focused on drug development and screening.

  
• Article

  Multiple ISS National Lab Payloads Launching on SpaceX’s 17th Commercial Resupply Services Mission

  SpaceX’s 17th commercial resupply (CRS) mission will mark the 29^th launch of ISS National Lab investigations since 2013 as the ISS National Lab continues to enable a new era of research in space to benefit life on Earth.

  
• Article

  Rockets, Science, and Books—Oh My!

  Science isn’t the only subject launching to the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab on SpaceX’s 17^th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission next week. Two new books are headed to the ISS as part of the Space Station Explorers partner program Story Time From Space.

  
• Article

  Human Emulation on the International Space Station

  We recently sat down with Chris Hinojosa, vice president of platform development at Emulate, Inc., to talk about Emulate’s blood-brain barrier experiment scheduled to launch to the ISS on SpaceX’s 17^th commercial resupply services mission.

  
• Article

  New Student Payloads Headed to the ISS on SpaceX’s 17th Commercial Resupply Services Mission

  Multiple education payloads are preparing for launch to the space station on SpaceX’s 17^th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission, providing students with the opportunity to conduct authentic research onboard the ISS National Lab.

  
• Article

  Joint Jeopardy: MIT Researchers Use Space to Solve the Chronic Pain of Osteoarthritis

  This post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) affects nearly 6 million people in the U.S. alone. Researchers from MIT, led by Dr. Alan Grodzinsky, are using the microgravity of space to understand the factors involved in the development of PTOA.

  
• Article

  Student Researchers Study Crystal Growth on the Space Station

  The crystal growth experiment, developed by the student winners of the 2018 Wisconsin Crystal Growing Competition, recently launched to the ISS on SpaceX’s 17^th commercial resupply services mission.

  
• Article

  Examining Nanoparticle Formation in Microgravity for Improved Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines

  Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca recently launched an investigation to the ISS National Lab seeking to advance a nanoparticle drug delivery system for therapeutic cancer vaccines.

  
• Article

  Supercomputing in Space: HPE’s Spaceborne Computer Returns After a Successful 1.5-Year Mission on the ISS National Lab

  After spending 615 days onboard the ISS National Lab, Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) Spaceborne Computer returned to the ground yesterday onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft.

  
• Article

  Developing Better Kidney Disease Models in Microgravity

  Microgravity induces rapid changes in body systems, and spaceflight studies can provide accelerated models of disease. In their first ISS National Lab investigation, researchers used their kidney-on-a-chip to examine kidney structure and function in microgravity.