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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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Lab-in-a-Box’ Aims to Leverage ISS National Lab to Help Improve Drug Manufacturing

Facility enabling pharmaceutical companies and researchers to grow small-batch crystals for protein-based pharmaceuticals.

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Female astronaut in black shirt with brown hair posing for a photo while working with experiment hardware aboard the space station.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch works on the ADSEP facility on the International Space Station
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NSF-Funded Solicitation for Tissue Engineering Research

For the seventh consecutive year, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a solicitation seeking projects that utilize the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to advance tissue engineering and mechanobiology research.

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NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir conducts cardiac research in the Life Sciences Glovebox located in the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. The Engineered Heart Tissues investigation could promote a better understanding of cardiac function in microgravity which would be useful for drug development and other applications related to heart conditions on Earth.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir conducts cardiac research in the Life Sciences Glovebox located in the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. The Engineered Heart Tissues investigation could promote a better understanding of cardiac function in microgravity which would be useful for drug development and other applications related to heart conditions on Earth.
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Station Experiment Tests Antimicrobial Coating for Long-Term Space Missions

As humans travel to Mars and beyond, where resupply from and return to Earth is difficult to impossible, monitoring and controlling every aspect of life onboard spacecraft is essential—down to the tiniest microbes.

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This aluminum placard contains various materials representative of spacecraft interior surfaces, with some surface samples coated in Boeing’s new antimicrobial coating.
This aluminum placard contains various materials representative of spacecraft interior surfaces, with some surface samples coated in Boeing’s new antimicrobial coating.
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ISSRDC Conference

The ISS Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) offers technical sessions and lightning talks, which allow researchers to share their experiences in leveraging the unique space environment of the space station to advance research and technology development.

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ISS National Lab Contact

If you have any questions or require general information from the ISS National Laboratory, here are some ways you can contact them.

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The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a flyaround of the orbiting lab.
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