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 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), August 12, 2026 –The International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) National Laboratory announced the eight early-stage startups selected for the two tracks of ...

What came back from the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) in 2019 was, to the naked eye, almost nothing. A few specks, roughly the size of a pea, suspended in liquid inside ...

It lives in places where life should not exist. In the brine channels that thread through Arctic sea ice, it survives temperatures that would freeze most bacteria solid. Scientists have kept it at ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), May 13, 2026 – An international team is sending microbes from Antarctica and Chile to the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) to study how they ...

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 ...

Imagine an environment with saltwater four to five times saltier than the ocean. There are places on Earth where the water pools in shallow ponds with little oxygen, and the harsh sun beats down with ...

To learn more about how the Orbital Edge Accelerator program provides investment and industry partnership opportunities, email orbitaledge@ISSNationalLab.org.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), October 30, 2025 – For future missions on commercial space stations, the Moon, and Mars, the ability to send data and communications across the solar system will be crucial.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), October 29, 2025 – A new and enhanced vehicle for researchers to send science to the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) has successfully launched ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), July 31, 2025 – What if your cancer treatment could be tested in space—before it’s ever used on you? A biotech startup is leveraging the unique microgravityThe condition of ...