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May 1, 2014
If you are a doctoral student or post-doctoral fellow and you have a new concept for research in microgravity, now is the time to put your ideas on paper and compete for the chance to develop them into research on the International Space Station.
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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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April 22, 2014
T-Cell Activation in Aging will study the effects of microgravity on immune cells to better understand how our immune systems change as we age.
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April 21, 2014
A new medical-testing device is being prepped to improve diagnosis of certain diseases in remote areas, thanks in part to knowledge gained from a series of investigations aboard the International Space Station on the behavior of liquids.
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April 15, 2014
A plant growth chamber bound for the space station inside the Dragon capsule on the SpaceX-3 resupply mission may help expand in-orbit food production capabilities in more ways than one, and offer astronauts fresh food.
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April 8, 2014
A special apparatus called a CubeSat deployer places a satellite into position to release the miniature satellites into their proper orbits.
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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 26, 2014
EDC Consulting and the IPPS-A program helps soldiers located around the globe have access to their personnel and pay information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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March 24, 2014
High-definition digital network preserves the Chickasaw culture and highlights the contributions of the Chickasaw people.
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March 20, 2014
The Mission Discovery program seeks to inspire interest in careers within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and develop leadership potential by immersing students in space science and exploration.
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March 14, 2014
The Microbial Ecology Research Combining Citizen and University Researchers on the International Space Station project (Project MERCCURI) is a crowdsourced effort to send a litany of microbes to the space station for research.
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March 11, 2014
A team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif. led the development of the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science investigation, NASA's first optical communication experiment from the space station, which launches March 16 aboard SpaceX-3.
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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 5, 2014
Researchers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., developed a sophisticated piece of flight hardware called a Lightning Imaging Sensor to detect and locate lightning over the tropical region of the globe.
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March 4, 2014
With many small, relatively inexpensive satellites deploying from the space station, it may seem like low-Earth orbit is full of these compact cubes conducting research and demonstration missions.
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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 28, 2014
A new study, MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Cultured Human Fibroblast in Space - Micro-7 for short - will examine the effect of gravity on DNA damage and repair.
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February 27, 2014
The Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA's Ames Research Center is working to upgrade the smartphones currently equipped on a trio of volleyball-sized free-flying satellites on the space station.
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