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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.
Tackling Tumors With Space Station Research
2014-03-03 | 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.
The Space Double-Whammy: Less Gravity, More Radiation
2014-02-28 | 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.
Smart SPHERES Are About to Get A Whole Lot Smarter
2014-02-27 | 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.
Cancer-Targeted Treatments from Space Station Discoveries
2014-02-27 | A process investigated aboard the space station known as microencapsulation is able to more effectively produce tiny, liquid-filled, biodegradable micro-balloons containing specific combinations of concentrated anti-tumor drugs.
Space Station SPHERES Run Circles Around Ordinary Satellites
2014-02-26 | Four current and upcoming SPHERES technology demonstrations are of particular significance to robotics engineers, rocket launch companies, NASA exploration and anyone who uses communications systems on Earth.
Largest Flock of Earth-Imaging Satellites Launch into Orbit From Space Station
2014-02-12 | 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.
Rugged, Rapid Monitor Safeguards Space Crews
2014-02-10 | The Multi-Gas Monitor, a shoebox-sized, battery-powered monitor aboard the space station, can measure the concentrations of multiple gases within the air inside of it in less than one second.
Testing CATS in Space: Laser Technology to Debut on Space Station
2014-02-06 | The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System is scheduled to launch to the space station in Sept. 2014 to help researchers determine what state-of-the-art, three-wavelength laser technology can do from space to measure aerosols in Earth's atmosphere.