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NASA experiments focused on human and plant health and drug-resistant organisms will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, advancing research that benefits…
NASA, CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and the German Aerospace Center signed a joint statement of intent to begin coordinated, preparatory work toward an Earth-based demonstrator to learn how to grow crops on the Moon.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Abba Zubair, Mayo Clinic Overview: As a part of the Commercially Enabled Rapid Space Science initiative, ELISA MABL will conduct a technology demonstration of a compact microplate reader aboard the International Space Station. The use of the…
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joel W. Blanchard, Mount Sinai Overview: This investigation will send small, lab-grown models of the human brain, called miBrains, to the International Space Station for five weeks. The tissue that traveled to space will be compared to…
Principal Investigators: Dr. Andrew Schuerger (Emeritus), Dr. Robert J. Ferl, Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, University of Florida Overview: MVP-Plant-02 will test the hypothesis that crop diseases develop faster and become more severe in microgravity. Science objectives: Potential Earth applications: Potential space…
NASA has selected 12 new investigations to help support human explorers in space. Six will help advance the ability to produce food off-planet, while another six advance the understanding of how unique conditions associated with space exploration can impact the…
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA’s newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter and develop new quantum technologies. By leveraging the unique environment of…
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)-2025 is an ongoing “omnibus” or “umbrella” solicitation meaning that it includes many individual program elements each with its own topics and due dates. Refer to Table 3 of ROSES-25 for a list…
Results from Artemis II's science investigations will help support safe human exploration of deep space and provide a blueprint for how future missions will conduct science on the lunar surface as NASA builds a Moon Base and develops an enduring…
A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the Moon. NASA is researching ways explorers could “live off the land” by harnessing lunar resources, including melting…