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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), October 13, 2026 – More than two dozen payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory launched onboard the 35th SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA. Lift off occurred at 6:33 a.m. EDT on October 13 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), October 8, 2026 – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast of California after nearly eight months onboard the International Space Station (ISS). During their expedition, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astron...

The latest episode of Between a Rocket & a Hard Space, the official podcast of the ISS National Laboratory®, explores how research conducted in microgravity helped inform the development of the adidas soccer ball that took ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), September 29, 2026 – Four new crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. During their six-month expedition, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov will s...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), September 24, 2026 – The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the selection of two new research projects that will leverage the unique microgravity environment of the orbiting laboratory to advance understanding of fluid transport phenomena. The inves...