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Parkinson’s disease affects more than 5 million people on Earth. Research on the International Space Station could provide insight into this chronic neurodegenerative disease and help scientists find ways to treat and prevent it. In this video, NASA astronaut Serena Auñon-Chancellor narrates as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst uses a microscope to examine and photograph the LRRK2 crystals.

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) hosted a “Future of Space” forum April 29 at NASA Headquarters, to engage college students interested in learning more about NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration plans. The event featured senior NASA officials discussing the agency’s approach for going forward to the Moon, video profiles that provide behind-the-scene looks at what it is like to work at NASA, and a live talk with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. NASA’s vision for STEM engagement is to help nurture a highly qualified future STEM workforce – so that next generation of explorers can develop the technical skills needed to help advance NASA’s missions.

This video offers a 360 video of the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is currently anchored in the test stand for the SLS core stage Green Run test series. The eight-part test series will help verify the rocket’s massive core stage is ready for the first and every SLS flight of NASA’s Artemis program. The historic test stand, once used to test Saturn V stages during the Apollo Program, was renovated to accommodate the larger SLS core stage for NASA’s Artemis missions.

A variety of camera views showcase the amazing journey of the space shuttle Discovery in orbit, docking to the International Space Station and returning to earth.

To demonstrate potential scientific and commercial merits of manufacturing exotic optical fibers in space, a private company is working with NASA on an investigation headed to the International Space Station on the next Dragon cargo ship. Matthew Napoli, vice president of In-Space Operations for Made In Space, explains how the Optical Fiber Production in Microgravity investigation could lead to the production of materials with better properties, setting the stage for large scale manufacturing of high-quality fiber in space. This investigation follows up on research conducted in the 1990s by scientists at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

In low-gravity environments like the space station, fluids tend to get ‘sticky.’ Surface tension and capillary effects, which are overwhelmed by gravity on Earth, rule the day in space. As a result, coffee tends to cling to the walls of the cup. The zero-G coffee cup solves these problems by 'going with the flow': putting the strange behavior of fluid in microgravity to work.

Outside the International Space Station, Expedition 59 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nick Hague of NASA conducted a spacewalk March 22 to begin the replacement of old nickel-hydrogen batteries with new, more powerful lithium-ion batteries as part of an ongoing upgrade to the station’s power system. McClain and Hague conducted the first of three spacewalks by station crewmembers over the next two-and-a-half weeks to replace the batteries for the station’s port 4 (P4) truss power channels and to enhance station communications systems. McClain and Christina Koch of NASA are scheduled to continue the battery swap out work on the next spacewalk on March 29. On April 8, Hague will be joined by Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency for the third spacewalk in this series to install jumper cables that will provide redundancy to station robotics systems and to upgrade communications gear.

The International Space Station is a one-of-a-kind laboratory, allowing for experiments in microgravity conditions that couldn’t be duplicated on Earth. It has also proven to have the capacity to serve as an incubator for new business, accelerating the development of a new space economy in low-Earth orbit.

It is part of the human spirit to explore. During 60 years, we have selected 350 people as astronauts to lead the way. For nearly two decades, humans have been living and working aboard the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit to enable future missions forward to the Moon and on to Mars while also leading discoveries that improve life on Earth. Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 16, and President Eisenhower signed it into law on July 29, 1958. NASA opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958. Our history tells a story of exploration, innovation and discoveries. That story continues in the next 60 years

Astronauts experience structural changes to their heart during long-duration spaceflight, but the biological basis of that is not clearly understood. Jonathon Baio, a doctoral student at Loma Linda University’s School of Medicine, details an investigation of cardiovascular stem cells that hopes to better understand their role in cardiac biology and tissue regeneration, which could advance ways to maintain cardiac health of astronauts during extended missions as well inform future treatments to reverse heart muscle loss upon return to Earth, and may help the medical community combat cardiovascular disease, one of the world’s leading causes of death.

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As a home to humans and a lab for scientific research for more than 20 years, the International Space Station is a one-of-a-kind platform for advancing technologies such as robots, computers, health monitors, life support systems, and more for both space and ground applications. The station also has made it possible for numerous experiments to delve into how space travel affects people physically and psychologically – knowledge that often improves the quality of life for people on Earth, too.

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