NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Audience: Educators
Grades: All
Product Number: NP-2012-02-003-JSC

This brochure is a collection of Web stories about benefits from research on the International Space Station. This scientific platform enables researchers from all over the world to do innovative experiments that could not be done anywhere else. Each space station partner shares the goal to extend the resulting knowledge for the betterment of humanity. The benefits outlined here serve as examples of the space station's potential as a groundbreaking scientific research facility.

This collection was developed collaboratively by the members of the Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency.

International Space Station Benefits for Humanity   [5MB PDF file]

The full collection may be found at this location www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/benefits/index.html.