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  • Astronaut Mike Fossum conducting the dry surface test as part of the Capillary Flow Experiments monitored from the ground on live video. (NASA)

    Strange Geometry -- Yes, It's All About the Math

    05.31.12 - Moving liquids without gravity aboard the International Space Station can be tricky -- if there’s no "down" then water won’t flow downhill.

  • Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk performs an insertion of urine samples into the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS. (NASA)

    New Findings on Astronaut Vision Loss

    05.29.12 - Could vision changes experienced by astronauts be linked to a vitamin B-12 or folate deficiency?

  • SpaceX Dragon

    SpaceX Dragon Attached to Space Station in Spaceflight First

    05.25.12 - The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday.

  • The image shows a burning plastic sphere from the Burning and Suppression of Solids, or BASS, investigation aboard the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Burning Questions on the International Space Station

    05.30.12 - Whether suspended in air or burning through a ball of plastic, flames have consumed the attention of researchers for years, both on Earth and space.

  • Astronaut Cady Coleman adjusts the fluid volume in the Interior Corner Flow 2 experiment, part of a suite of experiments called the Capillary Flow Experiments-2. (NASA)

    Capillarity in Space -- Then and Now, 1962–2012

    05.24.12 - The International Space Station's studies on fluid physics in microgravity are leading to rapid advances, and on May 24, are part of a milestone.

  • This artist's rendition shows the SpaceX Dragon upon approach to the International Space Station. (NASA)

    What Went Up Can Now Come Down with SpaceX Flight

    05.22.12 - The SpaceX Dragon demo flight brings a new American transportation vehicle onto the scene for travel to and from the International Space Station.

  • MicroPlaSter beta version of the atmospheric plasma device for chronic wound treatment. (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)

    Zapping Deadly Bacteria Using Space Technology

    05.21.12 - Technology spin-off from research aboard the International Space Station is opening up a new way to keep hospital patients safe from infections.

  • Expedition 31 crew members

    Expedition 31 Welcomes Three New Crewmates

    05.17.12 - Expedition 31 crew members Gennady Padalka, Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin entered the International Space Station Thursday at 4:10 a.m. EDT.

  • The above image compilation is an annotated representation of the best pictures taken during the December 2010 investigation of HICO. (NASA)

    Unparalleled Views of Earth's Coast With HREP-HICO

    Scanning the globe from the International Space Station is about more than the view. HREP-HICO gives researchers a valuable view of the coastal zone.

  • Endeavour's darkened cockpit

    Endeavour Powered Down 20 Years after First Launch

    05.16.12 - Technicians switched off Endeavour's displays and systems for the final time.

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