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The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking. NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev executed a fly around of the orbiting laboratory to take pictures of the station before returning home after spending 197 days in space. The station will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of the first element Zarya in November 2018. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos

About ISS National Lab

In an effort to expand the research opportunities of this unparalleled platform, the ISS was designated as a U.S. National Laboratory in 2005 by Congress, enabling space research and development access to a broad range of commercial, academic, and government users. 

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Webinar Focuses on Northrop Grumman Science for Station

The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory will host a science webinar to discuss upcoming investigations launching on Northrop Grumman’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services mission to the orbiting outpost.

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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter is attached to the leading end effector of the 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm about to be released into Earth orbit ending a five-and-a-half month cargo mission berthed to the International Space Station's Unity module.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter is attached to the leading end effector of the 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm about to be released into Earth orbit ending a five-and-a-half month cargo mission berthed to the International Space Station’s Unity module.
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ISS R&D Conference Agenda Set

The International Space Station Research and Development Conference—the only conference dedicated exclusively to research and development on the International Space Station (ISS) and the growing market in low Earth orbit (LEO)—kicks off Monday, July 29, at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston.

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A graphic with information about the ISS Research and Development Conference. The conference will be held July 29 through August 1, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts.
International Space Station Research and Development Conference Kicks Off Monday in Boston

Space-Based Study Aims for Osteoarthritis Relief

More than 650 million people worldwide are affected by osteoarthritis, and few treatment options exist. However, new promising results from an International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory-sponsored experiment detail a tissue chip model that accurately reproduces the conditions under which osteoarthritis (PTOA) is initiated.

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Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques of Expedition 59 works on the Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) hardware. MVP enables space biology research into a variety of small organisms such as fruit flies, flatworms, plants, fish, cells, protein crystals and many others.
Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques of Expedition 59 works on the Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) hardware. MVP enables space biology research into a variety of small organisms such as fruit flies, flatworms, plants, fish, cells, protein crystals and many others.
NASA

Space Research Uses Satellites to Capture Images of Earth

Using satellite-based hyperspectral sensors that can capture images of Earth beyond the visible light we can see with our eyes, startup Orbital Sidekick provides valuable global monitoring services to customers around the world. 

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A pair of the International Space Station's solar arrays, a roll-out solar array, and a small satellite orbital deployer attached to the Japanese robotic arm seemingly criss-cross each other in this photograph as the orbiting lab soared 265 miles above the African nation of Namibia. At far right, is a portion of the Kibo laboratory module with its exposed facility that houses space station hardware and external research experiments.
Photo of the Japanese Experiment Module Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to the Japanese Remote Manipulator System for a CubeSat mission.
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