completed on ISS, it often takes 3-5 years for completed data analysis and publication of results
in a scientific journal [7]. The culmination of these results for experiments performed through
Expedition 30 are now published in this report, with approval by the ISS partnership. As of
December 2015, over 1 200 journal publications describe ISS research. Non-journal publications
resulting from ISS utilization include 59 patents and over 400 conference proceedings.
Journal articles of ISS science results range across the international partnership and across the
disciplines. For example, in PLoS One, ESA-sponsored scientists published molecular evidence of
plant seedling stress response to the microgravity environment by documenting the depletion
in proteins associated with normal plant metabolism and the increase in proteins associated
with stress responses [2]. Scientists from Roscosmos-sponsored programs have leveraged data
gathered from long-
duration spaceflight
to develop new
tools for biological
and immunological
testing in space,
impacting space-
related immune
deficiency research
while advancing
health care in
remote and
resource-restricted
areas [3]. CSA
scientists from the
CCISS investigation
published in the
Journal of Applied
Physiology that while
the current
countermeasures on
ISS maintain
cardiovascular stability in resting conditions in space; key aspects of cardiovascular health with potential
long-term consequences are not yet protected [4]. Advancing our knowledge of our universe, JAXA
investigators have published MAXI investigation observations in Nature of a “first-ever”: the
instant that a massive black hole swallowed a star, along with data that revealed the existence
of a hypernova remnant estimated to be 3 million years old, perhaps the first in our galaxy [5].
The collaboration of global scientists involved in the NASA-sponsored Alpha Magnetic
Spectrometer-02 investigation have published intriguing evidence of “new phenomena” in
Physical Review Letters, as the instrument was the first to sift through galactic cosmic rays in
energy ranges beyond 200Gev, challenging theoretical models of cosmic predictions when
searching for evidence of elusive dark matter [1]. One of the earliest ISS investigations was also
the most collaborative- the ICE-First investigation included investigators from France, Canada,
A compilation of the number of publications resulting from research aboard the ISS.
Each discipline has produced a steady stream of published results.