SpaceX CRS-19

Launch Resources

• Mission Overview

  SpaceX CRS-19 Mission Overview

  The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory is sponsoring a variety of payloads launching onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft that are aimed at improving life on Earth through space-based research.

  
• Press Release

  SpaceX Cargo Mission to Carry a Diverse Set of ISS National Lab-sponsored Payloads

  Research sponsored by the National Lab include payloads from the life, materials, and physical sciences aim to leverage the space-based environment of the ISS to benefit life on Earth.

  
• Video

  ISS National Lab Mission Overview, SpaceX CRS-19

  The ISS is poised to receive a multitude of critical research and supplies as part of SpaceX’s 19th commercial resupply services mission. This video provides an overview on some of the investigations destined for the ISS National Lab.
• Video

  SpaceX CRS-19 Research Overview: Confined Combustion

  The National Science Foundation is funding an experiment from Case Western Reserve University that may improve fire safety codes on Earth to help prevent injuries and save lives.
• Video

  SpaceX CRS-19 Research Overview: Mighty Mice in Space

  On SpaceX CRS-19, the Jackson Laboratory is sending to station 40 mice in an investigation aiming to prevent diseases on Earth that result in muscle and bone loss.
• Article

  SpaceX’s 19th Commercial Resupply Services Mission is Launching to the ISS

  ISS National Lab investigations launching on SpaceX CRS-19 include projects in the life, physical, and materials sciences aiming to leverage the unique space environment to benefit life on Earth.

  
• Article

  On the Hunt: Studying Insect-Killing Worms in Space

  Last week, a type of microscopic worm that kills crop-eating insects rocketed to the ISS National Lab for an agricultural biocontrol experiment in space.

  
• Article

  New Payloads From ISS National Lab Implementation Partner NanoRacks Launch to the ISS

  SpaceX CRS-19 launched to the ISS earlier this month with close to 5,700 pounds of research and supplies, including several payloads from investigators working with National Lab Implementation Partner NanoRacks.

  
• Article

  Studying the Physics of Flame Spread to Minimize Structural Fire Hazards on Earth and in Space

  Funded by the NSF, research results aim not only to help improve structural design and fire safety codes on Earth but also better space habitat designs for future missions.

  
• Article

  It’s About More Than Just the Beer

  Budweiser has a keen interest in agricultural research focused on barley—the key ingredient in their famed beer—and has sent a series of experiments to the ISS National Laboratory to study barley in microgravity.

  
• Article

  Turning Lab Mice Into Superheroes

  What does it take to turn a run-of-the-mill, average lab mouse into a Mighty Mouse? More than just a mouse-sized superhero costume, according to researchers at The Jackson Laboratory.

  
• Article

  Connecting Researchers For a Collaboration That May Change Thinking in a Field of Study

  The National Stem Cell Foundation has connected leading research teams in stem cell biology for a first-in-kind study of neurodegeneration on the ISS National Lab.

  
• Article

  Love at First Flight

  Husband and wife Se-Jin Lee and Emily Germain-Lee lead the research team for rodent research project, and have been eager for decades to see their science experiment fly to space.

  
• Article

  Pheronym Receives NSF Grant to Help Commercialize Eco-Friendly Pest Control Product

  Biotech company Pheronym recently received a National Science Foundation grant to help the company bring its nematode pheromone pest control product to market.