SpaceX

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By  Jessica Hagen 02:02 pm January 30, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a call for proposals from companies to study how the human body adapts to space, with a focus on enhancing health and wellbeing during long-duration missions. "SpaceX is looking for exceptional science and research ideas that will enable life in space and on other planets. Research proposals submitted to SpaceX will be reviewed and evaluated based on mission...
Astronaut in space
By  Anthony Vecchione 12:54 pm January 23, 2025
Research conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) may result in early cancer detection, advance treatments for neurodegenerative conditions and improve respiratory therapies. Space Station (ISS) on SpaceX’s 31st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) was on a mission for NASA.  SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft contained close to 50 biotechnology, physical science and student research payloads...
Exterior of SpaceX building
By  Anthony Vecchione 12:05 pm October 1, 2024
When NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 28, one of the ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations included a student-led project designed to investigate the consequences of radiation and the space environment on gene-editing mechanisms. In a statement, the ISS National Laboratory said that data from the project, led by principal investigator Isabel...
SpaceX building
By  Jessica Hagen 02:37 pm August 23, 2023
NASA announced that four astronauts will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) by August 25 on a six-month science expedition to perform research to improve healthcare options on Earth. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center, NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will bring multiple research investigations sponsored by the ISS National Lab.  Among the various studies, researchers from the...
SpaceX facility
By  Jessica Hagen 01:35 pm November 16, 2022
Level Ex, a medical video game company offering software to train surgeons remotely, announced it will be involved in one of 38 science and research experiments accompanying SpaceX astronauts aboard Polaris Dawn, the first of three human spaceflight missions.  The Polaris Dawn and Dragon crew will travel to an altitude of 1,400 km, the highest Earth orbit ever flown, and attempt a first-of-its-...
Astronaut looking at scientific paraphernalia
By  Jessica Hagen 01:31 pm October 5, 2022
Today, four astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of SpaceX's 5th Commercial Crew mission will begin a six-month venture into space-based research. Launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the Crew-5 astronauts brought multiple research investigations sponsored by the ISS National Lab.  Throughout the mission, the astronauts will support hundreds of research and...