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May 21, 2014
Researchers recently made use of the microgravity environment aboard the space station for the Microgravity on Human Thyroid Carcinoma Cells study, with the hope to reveal answers that will help in the fight against thyroid cancer.
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May 18, 2014
The splashdown of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft on May 18 concludes the company's third contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station, assisting scientists who have investigations returning to Earth complete their analyses.
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May 14, 2014
The Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests (BCAT) series of investigations aims to understand fluids and the physics behind their movement. This research might help in designing new stable products for consumers.
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May 7, 2014
NASA saw a trend in the burden of the world's communications bands years ago and started opening up a new part of the electromagnetic spectrum called Ka-band, which is now considered the spectrum of the future for NASA communications.
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May 5, 2014
Three recent scientific papers examined the risks of interplanetary exchange of organisms using research from the International Space Station.
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May 2, 2014
How do plants sense "up" and "down" where those relative positions don't exist? Biotube-MICRO, recently launched to the space station for study, will help scientists understand how gravity guides plants into growing correctly.
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May 1, 2014
A free, Web-based guide based on science on the space station is being re-released through Scholastic and Sony Pictures as curriculum for educators to leap on the excitement surrounding the release of the film, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."
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May 1, 2014
Four tiny canisters which arrived to the space station April 20 are carrying scientific experiments that could lead to better prevention and treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, and make it easier to grow plants in space.
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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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