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The SpaceX Dragon that arrived to the International Space Station on the company’s 21st resupply services mission for NASA is scheduled to depart on Monday, Jan. 11, loaded with 5,200 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo.

It has been a busy year of research aboard the International Space Station.

The final two weeks of 2020, crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted dozens of scientific investigations, including studies of how plants grow in microgravity, tissue regeneration, time perception, changes in heart tissue gene expression, and a possible method for removing ...

Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday, Jan. 6, more than three months after delivering nearly 8,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting outpost.

Research conducted in 2020 is advancing our understanding in areas of study from Parkinson’s disease to combustion.

Students from across the country will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Space Station 20th: Celebrating the Holidays in Space

An ESA (European Space Agency) investigation conducted from 2008 to 2012, SOLO, examined the relationship between how much salt astronauts eat and the volume of blood in their chests.

“NASA has impressed the nation with our resilience and persistence during the pandemic,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

Scientific investigations conducted aboard the International Space Station the week of Dec. 14 included crystallizing antibodies in microgravity and studies of changes in the gene expression of fruit flies and how microbes adapt to space.