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Microgravity drug research expands from ISS crystal studies to commercial manufacturing

May 13, 2026

Microgravity drug research is expanding from ISS crystal studies to commercial manufacturing efforts. New experiments and a Varda-United Therapeutics collaboration target improved drug stability, delivery and production.

Antarctic Microbes to Spend Six Months Exposed to Space on ISS

May 13, 2026

An ISS National Laboratory-sponsored project will send six extremophile microbes from Antarctica and Chile to the space station for about six months of exposure. Researchers will analyze genetic, structural, and protein-level changes after return to Earth.