ISS Research

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
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
Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL)
Biological & Physical Sciences
Fundamental Physics
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Physical Sciences
The remotely operated facility aboard the International Space Station has created another tool that researchers can use to probe the fundamental nature of the world around us. For the first time in space, scientists have produced a quantum gas containing two types of atoms.
Posted November 15, 2023
Biological & Physical Sciences
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Physical Sciences
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Space Biology
The SpaceX-29 commercial resupply spacecraft will deliver numerous physical sciences and space biology experiments, along with other cargo, to the International Space Station. The research aboard this resupply services mission will help researchers learn how humans, and the plants needed to sustain them, can thrive in deep space.
Posted November 10, 2023
Commercial Resupply
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Space Operations Mission Directorate
SpaceX Commercial Resupply
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 29th commercial resupply mission, scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies of enhanced optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves, are on their way to the International Space Station.
Posted November 10, 2023
ISS Research
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Crew time is a valuable resource on the International Space Station and its value only increases for future space missions. One way to make the most of crew time is using robotic technology either to assist crew members with various tasks and or to completely automate others. A current investigation on the space station, JEM […]
Posted November 2, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
Technology Research
As of spring 2023, NASA has invested greater than $60M in more than twenty In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards to U.S.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
NASA knows it takes a village to make commercial manufacturing in space a reality. NASA is collaborating with experts from industry, academia and other U.S. Government agencies on the technologies in play with the InSPA portfolio.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) implementation strategy consists of a multi-phase award process to demonstrate proof-of-concept, advance to high production quality, and ultimately to achieve scalability on a commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) destination or platform.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
For Researchers
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
After four decades of microgravity research, NASA and the ISS National Lab have identified numerous applications that are within reach for NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) portfolio.
Posted October 31, 2023
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