Variety reports that despite there being no script yet, Universal Studios is already in negotiations for the Tom Cruise film to be shot aboard the International Space Station. The movie, which will be directed by former Cruise collaborator Doug Liman, made waves in May for its record-chasing ambition and for recruiting the full cooperation of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and NASA, who will house the production on the International Space Station. This kind of […]

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (Space Cargo Unlimited PR) – On November 2^nd, at 09:59 am ET, Space Cargo Unlimited, a one-of-a-kind European “New Space” start-up, launched red wine to the International Space Station (ISS), in partnership with Thales Alenia Space and Nanoracks, to be aged in space for twelve months before returning to Earth.

This is part of the first comprehensive, privately lead, applied- research program on the ISS that seeks to develop innovative solutions for the future of food and agriculture on Earth.

HOUSTON (NASA PR) — NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will return to the International Space Station next April. Cassidy will join his crewmates – Russian space agency Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin – to discuss their upcoming mission during a news conference at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 7, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The briefing will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The crew will be available for in person and remote media interviews following the news conference.

Media following the briefing on social media may ask questions using #AskNASA.

Up to $2 million in grant funding for investigators interested in advancing tissue engineering research on the International Space Station 

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., October 29, 2019 (ISS National Lab PR) – The International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory and the National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced their third annual joint solicitation for investigators to leverage the microgravity environment onboard the orbiting laboratory for research in the fields of tissue engineering and mechanobiology. Up to $2 million will be awarded for multiple research investigations to support flight projects to the ISS National Lab.