ISS Research

International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Low-Earth Orbit Economy
Editor’s Note: As of late Feb. 5, 2024, NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from the Tuesday, Feb. 6, undocking opportunity for the Axiom Mission 3 due to unfavorable weather conditions. The next weather review is planned for 12 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Follow NASA’s International Space Station blog for the […]
Posted February 2, 2024
ISS Research
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Long-term space exploration exposes humans to radiation that can damage deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, which carries the genetic information for our development and functioning. Conditions in space also affect the way the body repairs such damage, potentially compounding the risk.
Posted February 1, 2024
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station and conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities for the benefit of all.
Posted January 31, 2024
Commercial Space
Commercial Resupply
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply
NASA science investigations and cargo aboard a Northrop Grumman resupply spacecraft are on the way to the International Space Station. Launch occurred at 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at […]
Posted January 30, 2024
Biological & Physical Sciences
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Science & Research
Space Biology
Space Biology Program
NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division is sending three physical sciences and space biology experiments and equipment to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission.
Posted January 30, 2024
ISS Research
Biological & Physical Sciences
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Microbiology
Science & Research
Space Biology
A growing body of research suggests a link between epigenetic mechanisms and a wide variety of illnesses and behaviors, including cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune illnesses, and cognitive dysfunction. Epigenetics also plays a role in the changes humans and other living things experience in space.
Posted January 30, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Spinoffs
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
As NASA innovates for the benefit of all, what the agency develops for exploration has the potential to evolve into other technologies with broader use here on Earth. Many of those examples are highlighted in NASA’s annual Spinoff book including dozens of NASA-enabled medical innovations, as well other advancements.
Posted January 29, 2024
NASA Headquarters
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for the agency and its partners.
Posted January 25, 2024
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
As part of NASA’s efforts to enable more access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the third all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Axiom Space astronauts lifted off at 4:49 p.m. EST on Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]
Posted January 19, 2024
ISS Research
AcrimSat (Active Cavity Irradiance Monitor Satellite)
Science in Space January 2024 Crew members on the International Space Station have a lot of company – millions of bacteria and other microbes. The human body contains 10 times more microbes than human cells, and bacteria and fungi grow in and on just about everything around us on Earth. Most bacteria are harmless, and […]
Posted January 18, 2024
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