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Loral O’Hara, Expedition 70 Science Highlights
NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara is returning home after six months aboard the International Space Station. During her time on the orbiting laboratory, O’Hara contributed to dozens of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.
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Optical Fiber Production
Optical fibers are used on Earth and in space for applications in medicine, defense, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. Parabolic research showed that optical fibers produced in microgravity can be higher quality than those made in normal gravity, and the International Space Station provides a potential platform for commercial production of these fibers.
Learn More about Optical Fiber ProductionNASA, Health and Human Services Highlight Cancer Moonshot Progress
During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Thursday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra united to note progress their respective agencies are making in space and on Earth toward President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Learn MoreNASA’s SpaceX 30th Resupply Mission to Launch Experiments
NASA and the agency’s international partners are sending scientific investigations to the International Space Station on the 30th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission, including tests of technologies to monitor sea ice, automate 3D mapping, and create nanoparticle solar cells.
Learn More about NASA’s SpaceX 30th Resupply Mission to Launch ExperimentsNASA’s SpaceX CRS-30 Prelaunch Media Telecon
NASA hosted a prelaunch media teleconference for the agency’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 4:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 21, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara is returning home after six months aboard the International Space Station. During her time on the…
Science in Space: March 2024 Optical fibers are used on Earth and in space for applications in medicine, defense, cybersecurity,…
NASA is sending several biological and physical sciences experiments and equipment aboard SpaceX’s 30th commercial resupply services mission. Studying biological…
Station Press Releases and Media Advisories
During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and…
Three crew members including NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson successfully launched at 8:36 a.m. EDT Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the agency…
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