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Learn more about the exciting research projects and scientific discoveries in the fields of Space Biology and Physical Sciences:
The 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission for NASA, scheduled to liftoff from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in late August, is heading to the International Space Station with an important investigation for the future of bone health.…
New research uncovers the connection between space agriculture and astronaut health. A study published in npj Microgravity shows how analyzing diverse datasets together can reveal insights that might otherwise be missed — in this case, linking space-grown food quality to…
When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1, 2025, they carried with them another chapter in space farming: the latest VEG-03 experiments, complete with seed pillows ready for planting. Growing plants provides nutrition for astronauts,…
NASA announced 10 winning teams for its latest TechLeap Prize — the Space Technology Payload Challenge — on June 26. The winners emerged from a record-breaking field of more than 200 applicants to earn cash prizes worth up to $500,000,…
What happens when you send algae containing water bear genes into space? While it may sound like the opening to a punchline, this scientific question was at the heart of a research experiment that orbited the Moon aboard Artemis I.…
Sometimes the coldest spot in space can generate hot new ideas. NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, designed and built at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, creates temperatures one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero — colder than any naturally…
For 40 years, finding new quasicrystals has been like searching for four-leaf clovers in a field. You’re lucky if you find them, but you can’t make it happen on command. These strange materials break all the rules of how crystals…
NASA SMD Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program intends to solicit a suite of lunar science and technology instruments via ROSES-25 program element F.10 Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) once it is released as final…
Learn More Growing Beyond Earth student teams have helped select 5 of the 20 species that have been tested as food crops on the International Space Station (ISS)! An additional 30 plant candidates grown by students are undergoing final testing…
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and applied research, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) 2025 as NNH25ZDA001N on or about July 10, 2025, at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025 ROSES is an omnibus…