Get Your Research On The Space Station
Reference information and resources to provide insight into sending your science experiment or technology demonstration to the space station.
Experiments
Countries
Researcher Guide Series by Discipline
This series educates potential users of the space station platform on how their ground‐based experiments can be translated to the space environment. Each guide is designed to “start the conversation” of how new researchers can find opportunities as well as assistance in the proposal development process.
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Funding Resources
Station researchers receive funding from NASA and other sources, which determine sponsorship for lab access. No sponsored researcher needs to fund launch costs or station lab facilities.
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Open Source Science Opportunities
A listing of several archives and repositories of scientific and technological data from spaceflight, flight analog, and ground-based research investigations, including experiments operated within or outside the International Space Station. Learn about these ever-expanding databases of projects and explore your own areas of interest or science discipline.
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Technology Demonstration
Interested in your technology development being demonstrated onboard the space station? This site identifies and plans station Exploration technology payloads sponsored by various NASA directorates. Department of Defense payloads integrated by the Space Test Program are also included.
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Payload Design Guide
This guide provides best practices and “tricks of the trade” to help the payload developer be successful when collaborating with NASA on designing, developing, and flying a payload on the space station.
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Research & Technology Organization
If you have any questions about getting your research onboard the space station, here is the contact information for the Space Station Research management team and the International Space Station Research Client Helpline.
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Why Do Research On The International Space Station?
The International Space Station is a modern marvel. Only 400 kilometers (250 miles) above our heads, it streaks spectacularly across…
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Current and Upcoming Opportunities
Conducting research on the ISS National Laboratory demonstrates to U.S. citizens and the world that space is accessible, affordable, and capable of supporting the research and development necessary to make the fundamental business case for sustainable industrial demand in low Earth orbit.
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NASA Research Opportunities
Supporting research in science and technology is an important part of NASA's overall mission. NASA solicits this research through the release of various research announcements in a wide range of science and technology disciplines.
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In Space Production Applications
NASA supports In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards to help the selected companies raise the technological readiness level of their products and move them to market, propelling U.S. industry toward the development of a sustainable, scalable, and profitable non-NASA demand for services and products in low Earth orbit.
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Annual Highlights of Results
The 2023 Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station contains bibliometric analyses, a list of all the publications documented in fiscal year 2023, and synopses of the most recent and recognized scientific findings from investigations conducted on the space station.
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Follow their journey…
Watch all of the episodes of the NASA Explorers: Microgravity video series as we follow a team of scientists during their journey to launch research off our planet to the space station and see what microgravity may reveal.
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