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April 23, 2014
The crew of the International Space Station will assist with the Advanced Plant Experiments (APEX) investigation, a series of studies on the effects of the spaceflight environment on biological systems.
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March 27, 2014
The final investigations of the Advancing Research Knowledge 1 series of research payloads will launch to the space station with the SpaceX-3 mission, joining the initial portion of the suite that launched aboard Orbital 1.
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March 7, 2014
NASA is building new technologies to refuel and repair existing satellites in orbit. After concluding a successful ground-based test of robotic satellite refueling technology, NASA is preparing for a new round of demonstrations on the space station.
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March 3, 2014
Some tumors seem to be much less aggressive in space compared to their behavior on Earth, which could help scientists understand the mechanism involved and develop drugs targeting tumors that don't respond to current treatments.
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February 12, 2014
A new fleet of 28 small satellites made by Planet Labs, called Flock 1, is considered the largest single constellation of Earth-imaging satellites ever to launch into space. They began deploying Feb. 11 from the International Space Station.
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January 11, 2014
23 new Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) research studies departed for the ISS with the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus launch on Jan. 9. Many SSEP accomplishments were presented at their annual 2013 conference.
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January 7, 2014
In its first commercial resupply journey after completion of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, the Orbital-1 mission will deliver some very interesting new scientific investigations to the space station.
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December 6, 2013
The Microscale Particulate Classifier was developed by NASA for use on future missions aboard the International Space Station and will help NASA determine if nanoparticles are present on spacecraft.
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December 5, 2013
The first two modules of the space station - the Russian-built Zarya, "sunrise" in Russian, and Unity - were named for their place in history. The mating of these above the planet 15 years ago heralded the dawn of a new age in space.
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November 26, 2013
Though you can read about the many benefits originating from International Space Station research and technology, in NASA's new video feature "Benefits for Humanity: In Their Own Words," it is now easy to see those benefits as well.
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November 23, 2013
Powerful robotic arms developed by the Canadian Space Agency for the International Space Station and a delicate surgical tool, dubbed neuroArm, make "wonderful things" happen when experts from different disciplines work together.
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November 22, 2013
The facilities developed, installed and used aboard the space station during the last 15 years have contributed to new discoveries in the various science disciplines studied in orbit.
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November 14, 2013
The Olympic torch was part of an international relay aboard the International Space Station, passing from one module to the next, before it made a trip outside for its first spacewalk on Nov. 9.
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November 13, 2013
Student studies returned aboard Soyuz as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program's third mission, which launched to the space station on Sept.18 aboard Orbital Science's Cygnus.
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November 7, 2013
International Space Station-derived robotic capabilities, such as the Image-Guided Autonomous Robot (IGAR) are giving us a fast pass to life-saving surgical techniques with cancer-fighting finesse.
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October 30, 2013
The International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat isn't your average NASA Earth science mission
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October 1, 2013
In the new Warner Bros. movie "Gravity," two astronauts find themselves adrift in space and struggling for survival. NASA actively works to protect its astronauts and vehicles from the dangers portrayed in the movie.
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October 1, 2013
The goal of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft flight may be to show the vehicle's capabilities to send research and supplies to an orbiting laboratory, but when the flight docked on Sunday, Sept. 29, many young scientists had research on their minds.
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July 31, 2013
NASA recently tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot on a planetary surface.
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