GAO: International Space Station: Opportunities Exist to Improve Communication with National Laboratory Users “CASIS officials have not obtained input from the advisory committee on how to allocate laboratory resources, even though the committee is chartered to advise CASIS on resource utilization. CASIS officials stated they have not obtained this input for several reasons, including that the committee is unlikely to provide a consensus perspective. However, a lack of consensus does […]

George Washington Carver Science Park – The World’s First Science Park in Space, Nanoracks “Now, given the increasing maturity of the LEO ecosystem, it is time for Nanoracks to take the next step in driving LEO utilization operations. After intensive investigation and discussion with industry experts, I am delighted to announce that the Nanoracks collection of hardware on the ISS will henceforth be operated as a Science Park. A Science […]

Keith’s note: The annual ISSRDC – International Space Station Research And Development Conference has had a series of technical session this week – from 16-18 August. If you go to Twitter no one seems to be tweeting anything about what is being said about the capability and potential of the International Space Station. In the first portion of this year’s ISSRDC earlier this month NIH Director Francis Collins did an […]

Keith’s note: Three days of online technical sessions for the 2021 ISS Research & Development Conference (ISSRDC) are being held from 16-18 August. No one at NASA or the ISS National Laboratory seems to be making any effort to provide public mention of the event or what is being presented. There is no mention at the main NASA ISS page, the ISS National Laboratory (CASIS) home page. There is a […]

NIH Director Francis Collins and NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins to Keynote Joint Session at ISSRDC “The 2021 International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) will include a virtual keynote session that will feature two key science figures: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins and NASA astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins.” The Smithsonian’s Dr. Ellen Stofan and NASA’s Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen to Keynote Day 2 Session at ISSRDC […]

Keith’s note: These are some of the articles – with links to research publications – in this past week’s NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #949 14 May 2021 (Space Life Science Research Results) As you can see, this is a rather broad array of topics with direct relevance to this whole exploration of space thing that NASA talks about. And the folks who edit this resource put a quality list […]

Keith’s note: As a one-time actual space biologist at NASA I find posting of research data online to be one of the most important things NASA can do to show the value – and availability – of research done on the ISS. NASA has been generating research papers for more than half a century. One very useful resource is NASA Spaceline, a regular (now weekly) NASA-funded summary of research sponsored […]

Keith’s 18 March update: It has been 24 48 72 96 hours and no mention of this discovery by NASA public affairs or its science mission news sites. I know that NASA HQ knows about this story. The logical place for a news item would be SMD’s NASA Science News but they are only interested in planets and stars. Keith’s note: Three novel microorganisms i.e. bacterial strains never before isolated […]

Keith’s note: From CASIS: In remembrance of Etop Esen, Ph.D., It is with a sad heart that we announce the tragic death of our beloved friend and colleague, Dr. Etop Esen. He is survived by Imeh, his wife, and his two beautiful children. Etop suffered a heart attack on Saturday Feb 27th during his routine jog. A “Go Fund Me” to help the family with the expenses can be found with this […]

During the #COVID19 pandemic lots of things are different. #ISSRDC had around 1,600 registrants today. During the first day last month they had 2,000. These two audiences are larger than ever attended the event in person. @ISS_CASIS @ISS_Research @Space_Station @KathyLueders pic.twitter.com/7Hqp6ekAoI — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 17, 2020