NASA details results of ISS research

HOUSTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has published a report outlining scientific advances resulting from research conducted aboard the International Space Station.

The report includes more than 100 ISS science experiments conducted during the space station's first eight years that have yielded such results as advances in the fight against food poisoning, new methods for delivering medicine to cancer cells and the creation of better materials for future spacecraft.

"This report represents a record of science accomplishments during assembly and summarizes peer-reviewed publications to date," said Julie Robinson, program scientist for the station at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "As we enter the final year of station assembly, this report highlights the capabilities and opportunities for space station research after assembly is complete."

The space agency said its report compiles experiment results collected from the first 15 station missions, or expeditions, from 2000 to 2008. Officials said results of some of the summarized investigations are complete, while preliminary results are available from other continuing investigations.

The International Space Station Program Scientist Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center published the report.

The full NASA Technical Publication is available at http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090029998_2009030907.pdf.