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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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NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat housing tomato plants for an experiment investigating how the plant immune system adapts to spaceflight and how spaceflight affects plant production.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module’s Advanced Plant Habitat.
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Science in Space – March 2024

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. 

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image of an astronaut posing next to 3D printer aboard the space station
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Norishige Kanai with the Made in Space fiber optics hardware.
NASA

NASA, 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.

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an event with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

NASA’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. 

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Small plants grow in rows of small containers that are blue on the bottom and white plastic at the top. The containers sit in clear pans on either side of a divider inside a large open box and are bathed in red light
Seedlings germinating for the APEX-09 C4 Space investigation.
Pubudu Handakumbura

Station Research Features and Articles

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Expedition 70 Science Highlights
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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…

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Optical Fiber Production
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Science in Space: March 2024 Optical fibers are used on Earth and in space for applications in medicine, defense, cybersecurity,…

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International Space Station welcomes biological and physical science experiments
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NASA is sending several biological and physical sciences experiments and equipment aboard SpaceX’s 30th commercial resupply services mission. Studying biological…

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Station Press Releases and Media Advisories

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission
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During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and…

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NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson, Crewmates Safely En Route to Space Station
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Three crew members including NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson successfully launched at 8:36 a.m. EDT Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…

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NASA Science, Hardware Aboard SpaceX’s 30th Resupply Launch to Station
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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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