International Space Station (ISS)

EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)
Dust Storms
Earth
Earth Science Division
International Space Station (ISS)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more.
Posted December 11, 2023
Airborne Science
Ames Research Center
Animal Biology
Earth
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
Ecostress (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station)
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)
International Space Station (ISS)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Plant Biology
NASA satellite and airborne tools aid an international team studying biodiversity on land and in the water around South Africa. An international team of researchers spent October and November 2023 in the field studying one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas – South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region.
Posted December 8, 2023
Humans in Space
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Low-Earth Orbit Economy
The Future of Commercial Space
NASA experts will join a virtual news conference hosted by Axiom Space at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 13, to discuss the launch of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The Ax-3 launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is targeted no earlier than […]
Posted December 8, 2023
NASA History
International Space Station (ISS)
NASA is marking 25 years since the first two elements of the International Space Station were launched and joined in space. Today, the space station remains a global endeavor with 273 people from 21 countries now having visited the microgravity laboratory and has hosted more than 3,700 research and educational investigations from people in 108 […]
Posted December 7, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Space Shuttle
STS-88
The mated Russian-built Zarya (left) and U.S.-built Unity modules are backdropped against the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon shortly after leaving Endeavour’s cargo bay on Dec. 13, 1998. A few days earlier, on Dec.
Posted December 6, 2023
Commercial Resupply
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply
SpaceX Commercial Resupply
Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 20th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency. NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Monday, Jan.
Posted December 6, 2023
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of International Space Station operations during a live conversation with crew aboard the microgravity laboratory for the benefit of humanity. During a space-to-Earth call at 12:25 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec.
Posted December 5, 2023
ISS Research
General
Human Research Program
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
In microgravity, without the continuous load of Earth’s gravity, the tissues that make up bones reshape themselves.
Posted December 1, 2023
Astronauts
Earth
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Jasmin Moghbeli
City lights stretch across the United States like a string of holiday lights in this image taken from the International Space Station on Nov. 10, 2023. At far left, the lights of Chicago, Illinois, are outlined by Lake Michigan. At far right, the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area shines through the clouds while the sun’s first […]
Posted November 29, 2023
ISS Research
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Kjell N. Lindgren
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
STEM Engagement at NASA
In May 2018, a student at Mill Springs Academy in Alpharetta, Georgia, Andrew Maichle, talked to NASA astronaut Scott Tingle on the International Space Station via amateur or ham radio. The experience profoundly affected Maichle, who went on to study electrical engineering at Clemson University in South Carolina. “It was so cool to see in […]
Posted November 29, 2023
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