International Space Station
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NASA's page for the latest updates from the International Space Station. For the newest science, follow @ISS_Research. Verification: https://t.co/jSJ1pgS2xl
Joined May 2013
RT @AstroAnnimal: This is what lightning looks like from the top down, all taken in the Alabama and Georgia regions. @astro_Pettit develop….
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The science and cargo packed @SpaceX Dragon ended its stay undocking from the station's Harmony module at 12:05pm ET today for a return to Earth early Sunday.
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RT @Astro_Ayers: Soooooo much going on in this picture. This shot came from a time-lapse sequence that I set up in the Cupola. You can se….
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RT @ISS_Research: .@Astro_Ayers retrieves a sample from ADSEP, a facility that allow the production of different protein crystals in micro….
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A @SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will wait one more day before departing the station. Meanwhile, the Exp 73 crew focused on microgravity research to improve health on and off the Earth.
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Research in space provides insights and results unobtainable in Earth's gravity. This tech study @JonnyKimUSA is about send back to Earth on the @SpaceX Dragon may enable creating medicine in space and improve the pharmaceutical industry.
@Astro_Ayers M+38: One of the experiments we’re conducting on the @Space_Station is to expand on current hardware, demonstrating the creation of golden nanospheres under microgravity conditions, which are larger and more uniform than their Earth-bound versions, and have applications in cancer
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RT @ISS_Research: Nichole and Anne pack up MISSE samples for return to Earth. MISSE exposed materials and tech to the harsh space environm….
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RT @AstroAnnimal: A nighttime pass over the Eastern and Southern United States. I was astounded at the scale of recent thunderstorms … some….
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The @SpaceX Dragon is one day away from departing the orbital outpost as the Exp 73 crew finishes packing it with science and cargo.
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Advanced exercise research, growing space crops, and loading science experiments for return to Earth aboard the @SpaceX Dragon topped Tuesday's schedule.
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RT @NASASTEM: Double the fun! ✌️. Hop on over to our YouTube channel to check out two special events with @NASA_Astronauts on the @Space_St….
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Exp 73 began the week studying how to prevent space-caused head and eye pressure and learning how to create medicine in space. The @SpaceX Dragon also departs on Thursday. More.
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RT @astro_Pettit: Undergoing gravity rehab and nearly back to being an earthling. Gravity is good but adapting back to gravity can take aw….
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