Benefits for Humanity
NASA Explorers: Back to Gravity
With the experiment’s journey complete, Elaine Horn-Ranney Ph.D. and Parastoo Khoshaklagh Ph.D. now join the thousands of scientists who’ve performed research aboard the International Space Station, making the most of […]
Behind the Spacecraft: NASA’s DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid… on purpose! Our DART mission is a first-of-its-kind Planetary Defense test to change the motion of an asteroid in space so that […]
Skylab: The Second Manned Mission. A Scientific Harvest
This video presentation covers the Skylab launch activities and docking with the uncrewed SL-1 workshop. Included are observations of student experiments (the Minchmog minnows and Arabella, the spider), exercise routines, […]
Benefits for Humanity: In Their Own Words
As the work aboard the International Space Station begins to reach its potential, the benefits to humanity are becoming evident. These are just a few of the stories from people […]
Skylab: The First 40 Days
This video records the launch of unmanned Skylab-1 on May 14, 1973 and the major problems resulting from the loss of the meteoroid heat shield. Also shown is the fabrication […]
NASA Explorers: Orbiting Laboratory
Things behave a bit differently aboard the International Space Station, thanks to microgravity. Sure, floating looks like fun, but it could also unlock new scientific discoveries. Microgravity makes the station […]
NASA Explorers: On Station
Now that our researchers’ experiment is on the International Space Station, it’s time to test how their samples behave in microgravity. This week on NASA Explorers, the astronauts conduct science […]
StationLIFE: Biology
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks the station’s role as a platform for […]
Tech on Deck: Spacefaring Species
Over the course of six episodes, you’ve heard about some of the ways in which NASA uses the unique environment on The International Space Station to develop and test technologies. […]
Tech on Deck: RRM Phase 1 & 2
Last week you heard about how we use the International Space Station to test technologies in space before they’re put to action in NASA missions. In this episode of Tech […]
Tech on Deck: Raven
What has three “eyes,” swivels, and images spacecraft from its perch on the International Space Station? The Raven module, of course! This technology demonstration uses visible, infrared, and Lidar sensors, […]
Tech on Deck: NExIS on the ISS
Making sustainable human exploration of space a reality will require a myriad of never-before-seen technologies. Before new tech is used in a mission to the Moon, Mars, or beyond, it […]
Tech on Deck: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Did you know there is an instrument outside the International Space Station sifting through cosmic ray particles to help us learn more about the origins of our universe? The Alpha […]
NASA Explorers: 20 Years of Science
This season on NASA Explorers, you’ve seen what it takes to send science to the International Space Station through the eyes of one team of researchers. They are just two […]
StationLIFE: Cardiovascular Health
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks about studies into cardiovascular health aboard the […]
StationLIFE: Exploration Technologies – August
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks the station’s role as a platform for […]
StationLIFE: Brain in Space – October
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks about some of the studies taking a […]
StationLife: Eye-Opening Science
Even after 50 years of human spaceflight, we are still exploring the effects microgravity can have on human health. In recent years, a new trend was identified: some International Space […]
StationLIFE: Earth
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson hosts a focus on how the station operates […]
StationLIFE: Let’s Get Physical
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson hosts a focus on how the station is […]
StationLIFE: Physical Science – May 2016
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks about studies into physical sciences aboard the […]
StationLIFE: Nutrition – January
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks about the International Space Station’s role in […]
StationLIFE: International Partnerships and Commercialization – November
StationLIFE: International Partnerships and Commercialization
StationLIFE: Observing the Earth
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks about studies focused on Earth taking place […]
StationLIFE: Robotics December
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks about the ways robotics are used on […]
StationLIFE: Space Laboratory – July
On StationLIFE, we’ll focus on a scientific area where the International Space Station is conducting groundbreaking research. This month, astronaut Tracy Dyson talks the station’s role as a one-of-a-kind microgravity […]