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Space Station Study Seeks How Plants Sense 'Up' and 'Down'
2014-05-02 | 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.
Spiders in Space Weave a Web of Scientific Inspiration for Spider-Man Fans
2014-05-01 | 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."
BRIC Carries Big Science in Small Canisters
2014-05-01 | 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.
New Scientist? Innovative Research Idea? Think Space!
2014-05-01 | 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.
A New "APEX" in Plant Studies Aboard the International Space Station
2014-04-23 | 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.
For an Immune Cell, Microgravity Mimics Aging
2014-04-22 | 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.
Space-tested Fluid Flow Concept Advances Infectious Disease Diagnoses
2014-04-21 | 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.
Veggie Will Expand Fresh Food Production on Space Station
2014-04-15 | 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.
Meet Space Station's Small Satellite Launcher Suite
2014-04-08 | A special apparatus called a CubeSat deployer places a satellite into position to release the miniature satellites into their proper orbits.
CASIS-Sponsored Research Heads to Space Station Aboard SpaceX-3
2014-03-27 | 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.
EDC Consulting Announces Successful "Go-Live" for the U.S. Army's Integrated Personnel and Pay System (IPPS-A) Program
2014-03-26 | 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.
Chickasaw.tv Relaunches Online Video Network
2014-03-24 | High-definition digital network preserves the Chickasaw culture and highlights the contributions of the Chickasaw people.
Spacing Out a New Generation on Mission Discovery
2014-03-20 | 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.
Give Me Some 'Space'!
2014-03-19 | NASA studies effects of confinement and isolation.
Project MERCCURI "Crowdsourced" Space Station Samples Take Flight
2014-03-14 | 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.
International Space Station to Beam Video via Laser Back to Earth
2014-03-11 | 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.
NASA Launches New Research, Seeks the Subtle in Parallel Ways
2014-03-08 | NASA announces twin study investigations.
Space Station Working to Solve the Puzzle of Orbiting Satellite Repair
2014-03-07 | 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.
Space Station Sensor to Capture 'Striking' Lightning Data
2014-03-05 | 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.
It's a March of the CubeSats as Space Station Deployment Continues
2014-03-04 | 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.