The 2024 Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station is now available. This new edition contains updated bibliometric analyses, a list of all the publications documented in fiscal year 2024, and synopses of the most recent and recognized scientific findings from investigations conducted on the space station. These investigations are sponsored by NASA and all international partners - CSA (Canadian Space Agency), ESA (European Space Agency), JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and the State Space Corporation Roscosmos (Roscosmos) - for the advancement of science, technology, and education.
Between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024, more than 350 publications were reported. With approximately 40% of the research produced in collaboration between more than two countries and almost 80% of the high-impact studies published in the past seven years, station has continued to generate compelling and influential science above national and global standards since 2010.
The results achieved from station research provide insights that advance the commercialization of space and benefit humankind.
Some of the findings presented in this edition include:
- Improved machine learning algorithms to detect space debris (Italian Space Agency, Roscosmos, ESA)
- Visuospatial processing before and after spaceflight (CSA)
- Metabolic changes during fasting intervals in astronauts (ESA)
- Vapor bubble production for the improvement of thermal systems (NASA)
- Immobilization of particles for the development of optical materials (JAXA)
- Maintained function of cardiac 3D stem cells after weeks of exposure to space (NASA)
The content in the Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station has been reviewed and approved by the International Space Station Program Science Forum, a team of scientists and administrators representing NASA and international partners that are dedicated to planning, improving, and communicating the research operated on the space station.
[See the list of Station Research Results publications here and find the current edition of the Annual Highlights of Results here.]
