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From Science Fairs to Space: Student Experiments Help Launch New Era of Space-Based Research

To advance scientific discovery in new ways, scientists are taking their experiments and labs to an environment unlike any other: the International Space Station…

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Extreme Electronics: LEO as the Ultimate Technology Proving Ground

Computing advances continue to push the envelope for ever-smaller, ruggedized electronics that must thrive in extreme conditions, whether inside jet engines, nuclear reactors, geothermal…

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On the Edge of the Edge: Taking Supercomputing to Space

On Earth, scientists are used to having high-performance computers at their fingertips. Such computing capabilities are critical to analyze the rich data from experiments…

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Five years ago, in February 2016, we released our first issue of Upward, official magazine of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory.…

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It’s Getting Crowded Up There: Towing Away Trash in Space

No one likes trash—not in landfills and not in space. Yet the mounting problem of orbital…

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The View From the Cupola: Erik Svedberg

I am very excited to introduce this special issue of Upward to you, as its focus…

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The View From the Cupola: Lucie Low

The opportunity to do biomedical research on the International Space Station (ISS) is so far outside…

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