Upward Volume 6, Issue 3 Available Now
From tissue chips to plant behavior, the latest issue of Upward highlights groundbreaking science impacting life on Earth!
View From the Cupola: Susan Margulies
What can we discover about phenomena on Earth when soaring approximately 250 miles above our planet’s surface?
Unlocking the Secrets of the Immune System: How Tissue Chips in Space Could Hold the Key
To better understand the relationship between immune aging and how the body heals itself, researchers leveraged the ISS National Lab.
A Small Drop With a Big Impact: Fundamental Science in Space to Improve Medicine on Earth
Studying a drop of protein solution in space could be key to improving pharmaceutical manufacturing on Earth.
Cultivating the Cosmos: Decoding Crop Resilience Through Space-Grown Cotton
By decoding why cotton grows better in space than on Earth, researchers may be able to write a new chapter in farming.
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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…
Exotic Glass Fibers From Space: The Race to Manufacture ZBLAN
Optical fibers are the thread that connects our modern digital world. Smaller in diameter than a human hair, these fibers can transmit light pulses…
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.…
View from the Cupola: Jeff Manber
NanoRacks is proud to be featured in this issue of Upward, which explores the International Space Station (ISS) as a launch platform. Whether on…
Tropical Cyclone in Sight: Tracking Hurricanes & Typhoons from Space
Tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes and typhoons, are the most destructive natural forces on Earth—causing an estimated 10,000 deaths and $26 billion in…
Reshaping Drug Delivery Millions of Crystals at a Time
Many cancer therapies, such as Merck & Co.’s immunotherapy drug Keytruda®, are dilute solutions of large molecules called monoclonal antibodies in a saline solution…
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