Upward, Volume 6, Issue 1 Now Available
From gas station in space to cancer research, our latest issue highlights exciting results from ISS research and technology development.
Fueling the Low Earth Orbit Economy: Orbit Fab's Gas Stations in Space
Learn how startup Orbit Fab's Gas Stations in Space™ began as a sketch on a napkin.
Mighty Mice to the Rescue: How Mice in Microgravity Help Patients With Muscle and Bone Loss on Earth
Results from studying bone and muscle loss in space shows promise for patients with conditions like osteoporosis or muscular dystrophy.

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Space Crystals and the Search for a Cancer Cure: Using Microgravity to Improve Protein Crystallization
To take a shot at a “holy grail” of cancer drug discovery, researchers at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research looked to space.
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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 the realm of possibility for most researchers in…
View From the Cupola: Kirt Costello
I am pleased to provide the perspective to begin this issue of Upward, magazine of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory. Some…
Mending a Broken Heart Using Microgravity: Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells Hold Promise for Regenerative Therapies
The human heart is truly amazing. Each day, this small muscular organ beats approximately 100,000 times and pumps around 2,000 gallons of blood, bringing…
Spaceflight Studies for a Sustainable Future
Humankind has made incredible technological advancements over the past two centuries. However, many of these advancements have come at a significant cost to the…
Attracting Entrepreneurs to Space: MassChallenge Grantees Move Early-Stage Innovations Forward
Imagine having the next revolutionary idea with the potential to improve disease treatment, to build better solar cells, or to detect nuclear radiation. What…
View From the Cupola: Caroline Smith
When we launched Seeker Universe a little over a year ago, we also established an exciting partnership with the ISS National Lab, as a…
Tough Enough for Space: Accelerating Materials Testing With a New Permanent Platform
In microgravity, even seemingly indestructible materials degrade. Just look at the Hubble telescope, where its outer layer of insulation and thin layer of aluminum…
The Ultimate Science Fair: Participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Rocket scientists, real meteorite pieces, big telescopes on loan from astronomical societies—and mixed in with it all, students in grades 5 through 12 presenting…
Building Bones: Testing a New Osteoporosis Therapy With Mice in Microgravity
Every three seconds, a person somewhere in the world breaks a bone due to osteoporosis—a progressive disease that decreases bone density, making bones weak…
Space Worms: Unexpected Pioneers of Discovery & Commercial Services
Three years ago, a two-headed worm returned from the International Space Station (ISS), and in the summer of 2017, the worm achieved internet and…
View From the Cupola: Kathleen Fredette
If you’re reading this, you’re the kind of person who enjoys the wonder of things that sparkle in the night. If you’ve tried teaching,…
DreamUp Launches Learning into Orbit
The mood is festive as students shuffle onto the bleachers next to the Saturn V building at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.…
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