Discovery Launches First NanoRacks Platform

Everyone at NanoRacks is thrilled by the successful launch of the crew of STS-131. For us, this means we start our own countdown to the installation of our first NanoRacks Platform and two NanoLabs onboard the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory. A heartfelt thanks to everyone at NASA for launching NanoRacks. Discovery launches first [...]

High School Takes Giant Step to Space Station

A high school located in San Jose California launches space station program. Valley Christian School and Quest Institute signs up as the first high school to plan to design and launch and conduct a NanoLab research program with NanoRacks. Read more at Valley Christian Schools website.

Astronaut Undergoes Training on NanoRacks Platform

NASA Astronaut Janice Voss has been training to use the NanoRacks Platform in order to suggest and implement operational instructions for future crews on International Space Station. Learn more from NASA about the STS-131 Mission to deliver a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks, including the first NanoRacks Platform.

Protein Crystal Growth Experiments Heading to Space

American Aerospace of Philadelphia has signed with Nanoracks to fly a 2U unit up and down in the cargo bay of the September space shuttle. The company’s commercial project utilizes proven equipment launched on several earlier space missions, and accommodates approximately 100 samples provided by industry and university customers. The system accommodates a wide variety [...]

Mission Latest – Jeffrey Manber Provides an Update

During a recent visit to Kentucky Space, NanoRack’s Jeffrey Manber provided an update on how the company plans to make affordable, repeatable microgravity research on the ISS available. The first of three planned NanoRacks platforms is manifested aboard STS-131 for a mid-March flight to the International Space Station.

Mission Countdown! Platform Ready For Launch

The clock has started ticking on the countdown to our first launch! The first NanoRacks Platform (right) will ride onboard Space Shuttle Discovery for insertion onto the International Space Station as part of the U.S. National Laboratory. NASA’s STS-131 Mission will be carrying a number of scientific experiments to the space station inside the Russian-built [...]

Kentucky Space Launches Exomedicine Initiative

Kentucky Space announced today that it has begun a line of research and development into Exomedicine… defined as the study of disease mitigation and health enhancement in space under microgravity conditions. This initiative will be supported by an interdisciplinary team of top scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, through a joint venture with NanoRacks LLC based in [...]

NanoRacks Announce NASA Space Act Agreement

NanoRacks announces Space Act Agreement with NASA for use of Space Station for low-cost industrial and educational research. NanoRacks (NR), the developer of the CubeLab™ Platform for 1 kilogram space research and development projects, is pleased to announce the completion of a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA. The agreement covers the cooperation for use [...]

NanoRacks Platform and Modules Integrated

The NanoRacks Platform has undergone final integration at the Kentucky Space facility at the University of Kentucky. A dedicated team of students worked with Professor James Lumpp, as well as the NanoRacks engineers in Houston preparing the Platform for the required NASA safety and technical testing at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Space News Publishes Overview of NanoRacks

September 28th Space News: Startup Signs NASA Agreement to Fly Mini Labs on Station. Read the full story at http://www.spacenews.com/venture_space/startup-signs-nasa-agreement-fly-mini-labs-station.html