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SpaceX Spacecraft Splashdown, Starring Space Station Science
2014-10-28 | The return of the SpaceX Dragon on Oct. 25 brought with it plant samples, data that may impact your facial cream composition and validation of a new way of creating on Earth crystals that are used in our daily electronic devices.
Orbital Sciences' Third Mission to Space Station Ready to Educate and Inspire
2014-10-27 | On the next Orbital Sciences Corporation's commercial resupply trip to the space station, students and space go together like the Cygnus spacecraft's docking to the orbiting laboratory.
A Different Kind of Green Movement: Seedling Growth in Space
2014-10-22 | An international team of NASA and European Space Agency researchers are studying the growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings aboard the space station to gain a better understanding of how plants adapt to weightless environments.
Cold Atom Laboratory Creates Atomic Dance
2014-10-21 | The goal of NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory is to study ultra-cold quantum gases in a facility instrument developed for use on the space station.
Running the Race to Cure Cancer From Space
2014-10-14 | The race to find answers for cancer is not a sprint, but a marathon. While you are putting one foot in front of the other on the ground, there are researchers running tests aboard the International Space Station in support of this universal cause.
Microgravity Bone Research A Half Century Later
2014-10-13 | The recent publication "Fifty Years of Human Space Travel: Implications for Bone and Calcium Research," points out that in the pursuit to combat bone loss in microgravity, we gain ground on advancing bone health on Earth.
SpaceX Wins Prestigious Safety Award
2014-10-13 | The International Association for Advancement of Space Safety awarded SpaceX with the Vladimir Syromiatnikov Safety-by-Design Award for accomplishments related to the safety of its Dragon spacecraft.
Ferman Nissan New Port Richey Now Has the 2015 Nissan Altima SL
2014-09-29 | Consumers can enjoy a long list of standard features and a strong V-6 engine with the top-of-the-line Altima model.
New ISERV Tool Enables Rapid View of Earth Images from Space
2014-09-24 | One of NASA's tools for effective Earth observation has been orbiting our planet for more than 15 years: the ISERV camera: the International Space Station SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System.
Getting to the Root of the Problem in Space
2014-09-23 | Plant biology investigations called Petri Plants explore the fundamental genetic mechanisms plants use to adapt to a microgravity environment.
Breezy Science, Plant Studies and More Head to Space Station on SpaceX-4
2014-09-20 | Plant science, wind monitors, 3-D printers and more head to the space station on SpaceX-4. The SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply vehicle is scheduled to launch to the orbiting laboratory in the early morning of Sept. 20.
Everything in Moderation: Micro-8 to Study Regulating Pathogens in Space
2014-09-19 | Scientists want to address controlling outbreaks of Candida albicans, an opportunistic yeast pathogen, with the next round of cellular growth experiments on the International Space Station -- Micro-8.
Buzzing with Activity: Fruit Flies Orbit Earth for Science
2014-09-19 | Recently the space station has hosted increasing numbers of fruit fly research studies. One is scheduled launch to the station Sept. 20. A third experiment is planned to launch in December.
NASA Space Radiation School is Totally Radical
2014-09-19 | A veritable physics and biology mashup exposes students to a broad spectrum of space radiation research and expertise.
CASIS Research Set for Launch Aboard SpaceX Mission to Space Station
2014-09-17 | SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to blast off to the space station carrying the third suite of research investigations sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), termed Advancing Research Knowledge (ARK)-2.
In Space, What's on the Outside Matters
2014-09-16 | Upcoming instruments planned for the external space station platform include the Multi-User System for Earth Sensing, the Calorimetric Electron Telescope, Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass, a Rapid Scatterometer, and the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System.
On Space Station, Earth's Beauty is in the Eye of the High Definition Beholder
2014-09-09 | The ongoing High Definition Earth Viewing investigation aboard the International Space Station allows anyone with internet access to continuously stream live views of Earth directly to their desktop or mobile internet device.
3-D Printer Could Turn Space Station into 'Machine Shop'
2014-09-03 | The 3-D Printing In Zero-G Technology Demonstration is the first 3-D printer for operation in microgravity and may change the way NASA does business aboard the International Space Station.
Algal Growth a Blooming Problem Space Station to Help Monitor
2014-09-02 | The space station's Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) instrument can help research harmful algal blooms, similar to recent concerns in Lake Erie. HICO provides a way for researchers to see 90 wavelengths of light not visible to humans.
ACEs are High with Space Station Colloidal Research
2014-08-26 | ACE-M-1, the first in a series of such investigations aboard the space station, was designed to help researchers understand how to use small colloidal particles as stabilizers in products. The goal: to improve shelf-life stability.