More than two dozen ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations launched on SpaceX CRS-35, advancing regenerative medicine, NSF ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast of California after nearly eight months ...

Astrobee consists of three self-contained, cube-shaped, free-flying robots and a docking station. The robots are autonomous free fliers powered by fans and operate using vision-based navigations. They ...

ISSInternational Space Station National Lab research announcements (NLRAs) seek proposals that advance R&D in key areas with demonstrated potential to develop into sustainable markets and benefit ...

Imagine—your spacecraft lands at a future colony on Mars, and you’re eager to explore life on a new planet. You see the dusty red terrain stretching to the horizon. Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano ...

Rodents have been traveling to space since the 1950s, helping to pave the way for humans to safely venture off our planet. Since these early voyages of discovery to determine whether space research.

It’s mesmerizing to watch its arms unfurl gracefully like an octopus’s tentacles. Micro-patterned pads on each arm allow it to adhere to surfaces, much like a gecko’s feet stick to a windowpane. And ...

At a fundamental level, science and magic are about as far apart as you can get. Science is focused on systematically studying the structure and behavior of the physical world through observation and ...

Researchers recently took tissue engineering to new heights when they leveraged the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) National Laboratory to successfully 3D print a human ...

Bacteria behave differently in the microgravity environment of space than they do in a 1-g ground environment. For example, scientists have observed that in space, some strains of bacteria appear to ...

Macular degeneration is a patient thief. It doesn’t ransack your vision all at once but lifts details one by one—the fine print on a menu, the headlights on a wet road, the familiar contours of a ...

In Roman mythology, Janus is the god of endings and new beginnings. He is usually depicted as having two faces—one looking to the past and the other to the future. In his hand, Janus holds a key, ...