Microgravity Research Flights
Microgravity research has been performed by NASA Glenn Research Center for more than 30 years. Both United States and international microgravity science partners used the facilities aboard the Shuttle, the Mir Space Station, the International Space Station and other launch vehicles, to conduct investigations in fluid physics, combustion, biotechnology and materials science.
Planned Flights
| Flight | Date | GRC Experiment |
| SpX-28 | June 2023 | SoFIE RTDFS |
| NG-19 | July 2023 | CM-HT |
| NG-20 | December 2023 | |
| SpX-32 | December 2024 | |
| USCV-9 | February 2025 |
Accomplished Flights
|
Flight
|
Date
|
GRC Experiment
|
# of Missions/
# of Experiments |
| SpX-27 | March 2023 | SoFIE MIST Samples SoFIE GEL |
133/313 |
| NG-18 | November 2022 | SoFIE MIST | 132/312 |
| SpX-26 | November 2022 | ||
| SpX-25 | July 2022 | SoFIE MISSE-15-NASA (down) |
131/311 |
| USCV-4 (Crew 4) | April 2022 | ||
| NG-17 | February 2022 | ||
| SpX-24 | December 2021 | ||
| SpX-23 | August 2021 | FBCE, FIR Reconfigure | 130/310 |
| NG-16 | August 2021 | FBCE, CIR Reconfigure, FIR Reconfigure, ACE T5-3 and T9-3 |
129/309 |
| BOE-CFT | July 2021 | 128/308 | |
| SpX-22 | June 2021 | CIR Reconfigure | 128/308 |
| NG-15 | February 2021 | FOMA Cal | 127/307 |
| SpX-21 | December 2020 | CFIG-1 | 126/306 |
| NG-14 | October 2020 | Acme CLD-3 | 125/305 |
| SpX-20 | March 2020 | ACE T4-1 TR-1 T11-1 T12-2 ACE T2-3 CIR/FIR |
124/304 |
| NG-13 | February 2020 | ACE T9-2 | 123/298 |
| SpX-19 | December 2019 | ACE T4-1 ACE T4-2 ACE T5-2 CIR/FIR |
122/297 |
| BOE-OFT | December 2019 | ACE T11-1 ACE T5-1 PBRE-2 PBRE-WR CIR/FIR |
121/293 |
| NG-12 | November 2019 | 120/288 | |
| HTV-8 | September 2019 | FLARE | 119/288 |
| SpX-18 | July 2019 | ACE T4 PWM CDM CIR/FIR |
118/287 |
| SpX-17 | May 2019 | CIR/FIR | 117/283 |
| NG-11 | April 2019 | ACE T10 ACE T12 CIR/FIR |
116/282 |
| SpX-DM1 (uncrewed) | March 2019 | 115/279 | |
| SpX-16 | December 2018 | CIR/FIR ACE T12 LMM Bio-2 LMM Bio-5 LMM Bio-6 APEX-05 |
114/279 |
| NG-10 | November 2018 | 113/273 | |
| HTV-7 | September 2018 | 112/273 | |
| SpX-15 | June 2018 | ACE T1-1,2 LMM Bio4-1,2 LMM Bio 6-1 CIR/FIR |
111/273 |
| SpX-14 | May 2018 | CIR/FIR | 110/267 |
| OA-9 | May 2018 | CIR/FIR | 109/266 |
| SpX-13 | December 2017 | FIR/LMM ACE T7 ACE T9 MAMS (down) ZBOT (down) |
108/265 |
| OA-8 | November 2017 | CIR/FIR ACME |
107/262 |
| SpX-12 | August 2017 | InSPACE (down) CIR/FIR |
106/260 |
| SpX-11 | June 2017 | PBRE (down) BASS (down) CSLM (down) OASIS (down) ACE T-6 (CASIS) FIR/LMM DECLIC/SCWM |
105/259 |
| Orb-7 | April 2017 | CIR/FIR | 104/256 |
| SpX-10 | February 2017 | ACME LMM Biophysics -1, -3 ZBOT CIR/Cool Flames |
103/255 |
| Orb-5 | October 2016 | CIR/FIR | 102/250 |
| SpX-9 | July 2016 | ACE T-1 Cool Flames |
101/249 |
| SpX-8 | April 2016 | MDE (CASIS) | 100/247 |
| Orb-6 | March 2016 | CIR/FIR | 99/246 |
| Orb-4 | December 2015 | PBRE ACE H-2 CIR |
98/245 |
| HTV-5 | August 2015 | CIR/FIR | 97/242 |
| SpX-7 | June 2015 (lost on ascent) |
CIR/FIR | 96/241 |
| SpX-6 | April 2015 | ACE-H-1 OASIS CIR/FIR |
95/240 |
| SpX-5 | January 2015 | CSLM-4 CIR/FIR |
94/237 |
| SpX-4 | September 2014 | ACE-M-3 APEX-3 |
93/235 |
| Orb-2 | July 2014 | CIR/FIR | 92/233 |
| ATV-5 | July 2014 | FLEX-2J Fiber Arm Assemblies DECLIC |
91/232 |
| SpX-3 | April 2014 | ACE-M-2 LMM Petri CIR/FIR |
90/230 |
| Orb-1 | January 9, 2014 | BASS 2 | 89/227 |
| 37S | November 13, 2013 | CIR | 88/226 |
| HTV-4 | August 3, 2013 | FLEX-2J DIAPASON CIR/FIR |
87/225 |
| ATV-4 | June 5, 2013 | FLEX ICE-GA CFE-2 CVB-2 CIR DECLIC SAMS ACE-M |
86/222 |
| 34S | March 28, 2013 | CIR | 85/215 |
| SpX2 | March 1, 2013 | ACE-M-1 CSLM-3 SPICE FLEX Reservoirs BCAT 5(down) CSLM-3(down) InSPACE-3(down) FCF(down) |
84/214 |
| SpX1 | October 8, 2012 | CFE-2 FLEX-2 BASS CCF(down) BASS(down) SPICE(down) SLICE(down) CIR(down) |
83/210 |
| 45P | October 21, 2011 | CFE-2 | 82/207 |
| ATV-3 | October 18, 2011 | ACE-1 |
81/206
|
| STS-135 ULF-7 |
July 8, 2011 | InSPACE(down) LMM-Bio-2(down) IVGEN(down) CFE-2(down) SAMS-TSH(down) BXF(down) CVB(down) MDCA(down) |
80/205 |
| STS-134 ULF-6 |
May 16, 2011 | SHERE-II LMM-Bio-2 InSPACE-3 |
79/205
|
| STS-133 ULF-5 |
February 24, 2011 | PACE-2 LMM-Bio BASS SLICE BXF FLEX-2 BCAT-6 BCAT-3 SAMS(cable) SAME-R(down) CVB(down) CSLM-2(down) MDCA(down) |
78/202
|
| STS-132 ULF-4 |
May 14, 2010 | SAME-R |
77/194
|
| STS-131 19A |
April 5, 2010 | PACE CFE-2(4)(up & down) IVGEN CCF CSLM-2R |
76/193
|
| STS-130 20A |
February 8, 2010 | BCAT-5(down) |
75/188
|
| STS-129 ULF-3 |
November 16, 2009 | CVB |
74/188
|
| STS-128 ULF-3 |
August 28, 2009 | FIR | 73/187 |
| STS-127 2J/A |
July 15, 2009 | BCAT-5 | 72/186 |
| STS-119 15A |
March 15, 2009
|
SHERE(down) BCAT-4(down) |
71/186
|
| STS-126 ULF-2 |
November 14, 2008
|
CIR MDCA/FLEX SPICE SHERE(25 FM’s) MSG-TSH CIR-TSH CFE CL1(down) |
70/185
|
|
STS-124
1J |
May 31 , 2008
|
CSLM-2(3 SPU’s,2 ECU’s down)
SAME(down) |
69/179
|
|
ATV1
|
April 3, 2008
|
InSPACE-2
|
68/179
|
|
STS-123
1J/A |
March 11, 2008
|
BCAT-4
SHERE(20 FM’s) CSLM-2(3 SPU’s) |
67/178
|
|
STS-120
10A |
October 23, 2007
|
SAMS-TSH-MSG
|
66/175
|
|
STS-118
13A.1 |
August 8, 2007 |
SAME
CSLM-2(5 SPU’s) CFE(down) |
65/174
|
| STS-116 12A.1 |
December 9, 2006
|
InSPACE-1 Coil Assemblies(down)
DAFT-1(down) DAFT-2(down) DAFT-3(down) DAFT-4(down) |
64/172
|
|
STS-121
ULF1.1 |
July 4, 2006
|
CFE
DAFT-3 DAFT-4 |
63/172
|
| STS-16P | December, 2004 | DAFT-1 DAFT-2 |
62/169
|
| STS-13P | January, 2004 | BCAT-3 CFE |
61/167
|
| STS-107 SPACEHAB |
January 16, 2003 Columbia |
Sofball-2/CM-2 Water Mist/CM-2 LSP-2/CM-2 CVX-2 SAMS-FF OARE MGM-111 |
60/165
|
| STS-113 11A |
November 23, 2002 | CSLM-2/ECU 1, 2, SPU 1, 2, 3, 4 / MSG InSPACE Samples |
59/158
|
| STS-111 ISS-UF-2 |
June 5 – 19, 2002 Endeavour |
RTS/MSG SAMS-II/EE/SE PCS(down) InSPACE/MSG |
58/156
|
| STS-108 ISS-UF-1 |
December 5 – 17, 2001 Endeavour |
COLLIDE-2/GAS MSCRE/G-775/GAS |
57/153
|
| STS-105 ISS-7A.1 |
August 19, 2001 Endeavour |
PCS(data down) MSCRE/G-774/GAS |
56/151
|
| STS-100 ISS-6A |
April 19, 2001 Atlantis |
PCS/ISS EXPRESS MAMS/ICU/RTS-1/RTS-2 EE-ER2/SE-PCS |
55/150
|
| Sounding Rocket |
February 12, 2001 Black Brandt |
SAL-6 |
54/148
|
| Sounding Rocket |
July 6, 2000 Black Brandt |
ERE-1 |
53/147
|
| Sounding Rocket |
December 19, 1999 Terrier-Orion |
SAMS-FF Microscale Heaters |
52/146
|
| Progress | August, 1999 | GMSF(data down from Mir) |
51/144
|
| Soyuz | March 30, 1999 | GMSF(data down from Mir) |
50/144
|
| Sounding Rocket |
November 15, 1998 Black Brandt |
SAL-5 |
49/144
|
| STS-95 SPACEHAB/TAS-02 |
October 29 – November 7, 1998 Discovery |
CGEL-2/GBX CDOT-2/GBX SAMS-FF |
48/143
|
| STS-91 Mir-9/SPACEHAB |
June 2 – 12, 1998 Discovery |
SSCE-10/MDK Skorost/Mir(data down) GMSF/ALICE-II SAMS SAMS(disks down) SAMS UNIT E(down from Mir) |
47/140
|
| STS-90 NEUROLAB |
April 17 – May 3, 1998 Columbia |
COLLIDE |
46/137
|
| Progress/Kvant | March 17, 1998 | Skorost/Mir |
45/136
|
| STS-89 Mir-8/SPACEHAB |
January 22 – 31, 1998 Endeavour |
SAMS/MIR/disks down BCAT-2(down) SAMS-D TEM-2(down) |
44/135
|
| STS-87 USMP-4 |
November 19 – December 5, 1997 Columbia |
IDGE-3 BiSn-2/MEPHISTO SAMS-F&G OARE ELF/GBX/MDK TGDF/GAS |
43/134
|
| STS-86 Mir-7/SPACEHAB |
September 25 – October 6, 1997 Atlantis |
SAMS(disk down) BCAT-2/GBX/Mir-7 CGEL(down) |
42/128
|
| Sounding Rocket |
September 10, 1997 Black Brandt |
SAL-4 |
41/127
|
| Sounding Rocket |
September 10, 1997 Black Brandt |
DARTFire-4/SAMS-FF |
40/126
|
| STS-85 TAS-01 |
August 7 – 19, 1997 Discovery |
CVX/TAS SSCE-9/MDK-7 |
39/125
|
| STS-94 MSL-1R |
July 1 -17, 1997 Columbia |
Sofball/CM-1/SL LSP/CM-1/SL DCE/SL PHaSE/EXPRESS/SL SAMS-B CSLM/GBX/SL(9 units) LPS-2/LIF/SL DPIMS-1/LIF/SL OARE CHT/GBX/SL FSDC-2/GBX/SL |
38/123
|
| STS-84 Mir-6/SPACEHAB |
May 15 – 25, 1997 Atlantis |
SAMS(disks down) CGEL/GBX/Mir-6 ALB, OFFS(down) LME |
37/112
|
| STS-83 MSL-1 |
April 4 – 8, 1997 Columbia |
Sofball/CM-1/SL LSP/CM-1/SL PHaSE/EXPRESS/SL SAMS-B DCE/SL CSLM/GBX/SL(9 units) LPS-2/LIF/SL DPIMS-1/LIF/SL FSDC-2/GBX/SL OARE CHT/GBX/SL |
36/110
|
| Sounding Rocket |
February 26, 1997 Black Brandt |
DARTFire-3 |
35/99
|
| STS-81 Mir-5/SPACEHAB |
January 12 – 22, 1997 Atlantis |
ALB/GBX/Mir-5 OFFS/GBX/Mir-5 SAMS-C(disks up & down) BCAT(down) |
34/98
|
| Sounding Rocket |
October 16, 1996 Black Brandt |
DARTFire-2 |
33/95
|
| STS-79 Mir-4/SPACEHAB |
September 16 – 26, 1996 Atlantis |
BCAT/GBX/Mir-4 SAMS-C(disks up & down) TEM-2/GBX/Mir-4 CFM, FFFT, ICE TEM – down from Mir |
32/94
|
| Sounding Rocket |
June 20 , 1996 Black Brandt |
DARTFire-1 |
31/87
|
| STS-78 LMS-1 |
June 20 – July 7, 1996 Columbia |
SAMS-D OARE TMIBD/BDPU SIE/BDPU |
30/86
|
| STS-77 SPACEHAB-4 |
May 19 – 29, 1996 Endeavour |
MSC-2/GAS TPCE-3/GAS PBE-5/GAS VTRE/GAS |
29/82
|
| Mir via Priroda |
April 23, 1996 | CFM-1.5/GBX FFFT/GBX ICE/GBX TEM/MIM |
28/78
|
| STS-76 Mir-3/SPACEHAB |
March 22 – 31, 1996 Atlantis |
Comb. Parts Box (CFM, FFFT,)/GBX SAMS(disks down) |
27/74
|
| Sounding Rocket |
February 23, 1996 Black Brandt |
SAL-3 |
26/72
|
| STS-75 USMP-3 |
February 22 – March 9, 1996 Columbia |
IDGE-2 Zeno-2 OARE CSD/GBX/MDK(1 unit) FFFT/GBX/MDK(2 units) RITSI/GBX/MDK(2 units) |
25/71
|
| STS-72 | January 11 – 20, 1996 Endeavour |
PBE-4/GAS TES-2(Reflight) |
24/65
|
| STS-74 | November 12 – 20, 1995 Atlantis |
SAMS – 60 disks up & 5 down |
23/63
|
| STS-73 USML-2 |
October 20 – November 5, 1995 Columbia |
SAMS-C STDCE-2/SL CDOT/GBX/SL(1 unit) FSDC/GBX/SL(1 unit) ICE/GBX/SL(4 units) OTFE/GBX/SL(4 units) OARE |
22/62
|
| STS-69 | September 7 – 18, 1995 Endeavour |
MSC-1/GAS TES-2(Reflight) |
21/55
|
| Sounding Rocket |
August 28 , 1995 Black Brandt |
SAL-2 |
20/53
|
| STS-63 SPACEHAB-3 |
February 3 – 11, 1995 Discovery |
SSCE-8(PMMA) SAMS-A |
19/52
|
| Sounding Rocket |
November 22, 1994 Black Brandt |
SAL-1 |
18/50
|
| STS-66 | November 3 – 14, 1994 Atlantis |
SAMS-A |
17/49
|
| STS-64 | September 9 – 20, 1994 Discovery |
SSCE-7(PMMA) |
16/48
|
| Mir-Delivery via Progress |
August 25, 1994 | SAMS-E(12 disks up) |
15/47
|
| STS-65 IML-2 |
July 8 – 23, 1994 Columbia |
LPS/LIF SAMS-D IPMFS/BDPU TMIBD/BDPU AFEQ TEQb/CPF OARE |
14/46
|
| STS-62 USMP-2 OAST-2 |
March 4 – 18, 1994 Columbia |
Zeno-1 IDGE-1 SAMS-F SAMS-G BiSn/MEPHISTO OARE SAMPIE TES-1 and -2 |
13/39
|
| STS-60 SPACEHAB-2 |
February 3 – 11, 1994 Discovery |
SAMS-A PBE-3/GAS |
12/30
|
| STS-57 SPACEHAB-1 |
June 21 – July 1, 1993 Endeavour |
SAMS-A PBE-2/GAS |
11/28
|
| STS-54 TDRS-F |
January 13 – 19, 1993 Endeavour |
SSCE-6(PMMA) |
10/26
|
| STS-52 USMP-1 |
October 22 – November 1, 1992 Columbia |
SAMS-F SAMS-G TPCE-TP/GAS |
9/25
|
| STS-47 SL-J |
September 12 – 20, 1992 Endeavour |
SAMS-E/SL PBE-1/GAS Bridge SSCE-5/Middeck |
8/22
|
| STS-50 USML-1 |
June 25 – July 9. 1992 Columbia |
STDCE-1/SL SAMS-C/SL SSCE-4/SL WIF/GBX/SL(4 units) OTFE/GBX/SL (4 units) ICE/GBX/SL (4 units) CFM/GBX/SL(1 unit) SCM/GBX/SL(4 units) |
7/19
|
| STS-45 Atlas-1 |
March 23 – April 2, 1992 Atlantis |
GaAs-2/GAS |
6/11
|
| STS-42 IML-1 |
January 22 – 30, 1992 Discovery |
CFTE/CPF/SL SAMS-D/SL |
5/10
|
| STS-43 TDRS-05 |
August 2 – 11, 1991 Atlantis |
SSCE-2/Middeck SAMS-E/Middeck TPCE-1/GAS Bridge |
4/8
|
| STS-40 SLS-1 |
June 5 – 14, 1991 Columbia |
GaAs-1/GAS Bridge SSCE-3/SL SAMS-A/SL |
3/5
|
| STS-41 ULYSSES |
October 6 – 10, 1990 Discovery |
SSCE-1/Middeck |
2/2
|
| STS-61C MSL-2 |
January 12 – 18, 1986 Columbia |
AUE/EML/MPESS |
1/1
|