The SpaceX CRS-31 mission to the ISS for NASA includes studies on in-space manufacturing, cardiac health, and a method to repair spacecraft damaged by debris KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. , Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 25 payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory, including technology demonstrations, in-space manufacturing, student experiments, and multiple projects funded by the U.
S. National Science Foundation (NSF), are bound for the orbiting outpost. These investigations, launching on SpaceX's 31st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission for NASA, aim to improve life on Earth through space-based research and foster a sustainable economy in low Earth orbit (LEO).
The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than Monday, November 4 at 9:29 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center .
Below highlights some of the ISS National Lab-sponsored projects on this mission. Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) will build on its legacy of protein crystallization on the space station with a project, in collaboration with ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider Redwire Space, seeking to crystallize model small molecule compounds to support the manufacturing of more effective therapeutics. Crystals grown in microgravity are often larger and more well-ordered than those grown on the ground and could have improved morphology (geometric shape).
NSF is funding four investigations launching on this mission, including a collabora.
