Orbiting more than 200 miles above Earth, the International Space Station is a powerhouse of cutting-edge science that is unlocking discoveries not possible on Earth. We’re testing technologies that are critical to our return to the Moon and contributing to medical and social breakthroughs that improve life on our home planet. After more than two decades of results, we continue to inspire future generations from a platform that is one of the largest international collaborations of our time. Learn more about the research being conducted on station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science Follow updates on the science conducted aboard the space station: https://x.com/iss_research Special thanks to Adam Savage for lending his voice to the project.
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Microgravity
Jan 31, 2000
Sample Cartridge Assembly (SCA) Project Group Photograph
Jan 30, 2020
Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments, ACME chamber insert
Jun 22, 2016
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Center Director Roy Bridges (left), Program Manager of the International Space Station (ISS) Randy Brinkley (second from left) and STS-98 Commander Ken Cockrell (right) applaud the unveiling of the name "Destiny" for the U.S. Laboratory module. The lab, which is behnd them on a workstand, is scheduled to be launched on STS-98 on Space Shuttle Endeavour in early 2000. It will become the centerpiece of scientific research on the ISS. The Shuttle will spend six days docked to the Station while the laboratory is attached and three spacewalks are conducted to compete its assembly. The laboratory will be launched with five equipment racks aboard, which will provide essential functions for Station systems, including high data-rate communications, and maintain the Station's orientation using control gyroscopes launched earlier. Additional equipment and research racks will be installed in the laboratory on subsequent Shuttle flights.
Dec 1, 1998