KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — While thousands and thousands of Americans plan for the upcoming holidays, a wide range of crucial analysis and provides will head to the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of SpaceX’s 26^th Commercial Resupply Services mission (SpaceX CRS-26). The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for launch onboard a Falcon 9 rocket to the area station no sooner than November 21, 2022, from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Among the investigations launching on this mission are a number of ISS National Laboratory-sponsored tasks desiring to convey worth to our nation by means of space-based analysis and expertise improvement, whereas enabling commerce in low Earth orbit.

Here is a fast have a look at a few of these payloads:

• RevBio (previously LaunchPad Medical), a clinical-stage medical gadget firm, will further evaluate the company’s proprietary bone adhesive, Tetranite^®, which may pace up new bone development whereas decreasing restoration time and discomfort in sufferers with a bone fracture. The firm will check how properly Tetranite^® works to regenerate bone in microgravity.
• The Houston Methodist Research Institute will check an implantable drug delivery device that can be operated remotely to allow the managed distribution of therapeutics contained in the human physique. If profitable, the gadget may permit medical doctors to remotely management drug supply in sufferers in distant areas of Earth, and even in astronauts throughout spaceflight.
• The University of Florida is launching its newest venture in a series of tissue chip investigations funded by the National Institutes of Health. Tissue chips mimic human physiology, permitting researchers to judge the security and efficacy of medicine for sufferers on Earth. This workforce seeks to develop a tissue chip system to tradition and electrically stimulate human skeletal muscle tissue from younger and older adults. If efficient, this venture may result in therapeutics to deal with age-related muscle loss situations on Earth.
• The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, a yearly competitors for center and excessive school-aged college students, will ship greater than 20 student-led investigations to station. Among them are a fleet of MixStix experiments within the areas of crystal development, plant biology, physics, and microbial analysis. Additionally, payloads supported by the Girl Scouts of America and Space Kids Global will have a look at brine shrimp, ants, and plant development in low Earth orbit.

To be taught extra about all ISS National Lab payloads on this mission, please go to the SpaceX CRS-26 mission overview page. 

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About the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory:

The International Space Station (ISS) is a one-of-a-kind laboratory that allows analysis and expertise improvement not attainable on Earth. As a public service enterprise, the ISS National Lab permits researchers to leverage this multiuser facility to enhance life on Earth, mature space-based enterprise fashions, advance science literacy sooner or later workforce, and develop a sustainable and scalable market in low Earth orbit. Through this orbiting nationwide laboratory, analysis assets on the ISS can be found to assist non-NASA science, expertise and schooling initiatives from U.S. authorities companies, tutorial establishments, and the non-public sector. The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. (CASIS) manages the ISS National Lab, underneath Cooperative Agreement with NASA, facilitating entry to its everlasting microgravity analysis atmosphere, a strong vantage level in low Earth orbit, and the intense and diverse situations of area. To be taught extra in regards to the ISS National Lab, go to www.ISSNationalLab.org.

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