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==== Spacecraft systems ====
Boiling eXperiment Facility - Microheater Array Boiling Experiment (BXF-MABE)
Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX)
Dust and Aerosol Measurement Feasibility Test (DAFT)
Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN)
Maui Analysis of Upper Atmospheric Injections (MAUI)
Multi-User Droplet Combustion Apparatus - Flame Extinguishment Experiment (MDCA-FLEX)
Smoke and Aerosol Measurement Experiment (SAME)
Space Communications and Navigation Testbed (SCAN_Testbed)
Shuttle Exhaust Ion Turbulence Experiments (SEITE)
Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Localized Exhaust Experiments (SIMPLEX)
Serial Network Flow Monitor (SNFM)

==== Spacecraft and orbital environments ====
Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment - 2 (ANDE-2)
Ram Burn Observations (RAMBO)
Space Test Program-H2-Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (STP-H2-ANDE)

==== Other experiments ====
DEBris In Orbit Evaluator - 2 (DEBIE-2)
EuTEF Thermometer (EuTemp)
Earth Viewing Camera (EVC)
Activation and Test Downlink of HDTV System (JAXA-HDTV)
Particle Flux Demonstrator (Particle_Flux)
Tribology Laboratory (TriboLab)

=== Earth and space science ===

==== Earth science ====
Agricultural Camera (AgCam)
Crew Earth Observations (CEO)
Crew Earth Observations - International Polar Year (CEO-IPY)
ISS-RapidScat

==== Space science ====
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - 02 (AMS-02)
Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

==== Other monitors and observatories from the field ====
DOSimetry TELescopes (DOSTEL)
Flux (Phi) Probe EXperiment - Time resolved Measurement of Atomic Oxygen (FIPEX)
HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload - Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HREP-HICO)
HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload - Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS) (HREP-RAIDS)
RaDI-N (RaDI-N)

=== ISS operations results ===

==== Crew-initiated science ====
Science of Opportunity (Saturday_Morning_Science)

==== Educational activities ====
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
Education - How Solar Cells Work (Education-Solar_Cells)
International Space Station Inflight Education Downlinks (Inflight_Education_Downlinks)

==== Environmental monitoring of ISS ====
Anomalous Long Term Effects in Astronauts' - Dosimetry (ALTEA-Dosi)
International Space Station Acoustic Measurement Program (ISS_Acoustics)

==== Medical monitoring of ISS crew members ====
Clinical Nutrition Assessment of ISS Astronauts, SMO-016E (Clinical_Nutrition_Assessment)

==== Spacecraft systems ====
International Space Station Zero-Propellant Maneuver (ZPM) Demonstration (ZPM)

==== Spacecraft and orbital environments ====
Analysis of International Space Station Plasma Interaction (Plasma_Interaction_Model)

==== Station development test objective ====
Validation of On-Orbit Methodology for the Assessment of Cardiac Function and Changes in the Circulating Volume Using Ultrasound and Braslet-M Occlusion Cuffs, SDTO 17011 U/R (Braslet)
Component Repair Experiment - 1, SDTO 17012U (CRE-1)
Soldering in Reduced Gravity Experiment, SDTO 17003-U (SoRGE)
Solid State Lighting Module, SDTO 15008U (SSLM)

==== Supplementary Medical Objective ====
Periodic Fitness Evaluation with Oxygen Uptake Measurement (PFE-OUM)

== ESA and CSA reported ISS research and science activity ==

Much like NASA and JAXA, ESA and CSA also conducted numerous experiments on the International Space Station.

== Energia RSC reported ISS research and science activity ==

=== Human life research ===

Sprut-MBI (ISS Experiment)
Parodont (ISS Experiment)
Cardio-ODNT (ISS Experiment)
Mass Transfer (ISS Experiment)
Prognos (ISS Experiment)
Brados (ISS Experiment)
Farma (ISS Experiment)
Poligen (ISS Experiment)
Diurez (ISS Experiment)
Biotest (ISS Experiment)
Biotest-1 (ISS Experiment)
Profilaktika (ISS Experiment)
Pulse (ISS Experiment)
BIMS (ISS Experiment)
Biorisk (ISS Experiment)
Rastenia-2 (ISS Experiment)
Pilot (ISS Experiment)
Intercellular Interaction (ISS Experiment)
Gematologia (ISS Experiment)
Plasmida (ISS Experiment)
Statokonia (ISS Experiment)
Regeneratsia (ISS Experiment)
Akvarium (ISS Experiment)
Sonokard (ISS Experiment)
Vzaimodeystviye (ISS Experiment)
Dykhanie (ISS Experiment)
Pneumocard (ISS Experiment)
Rastenia (ISS Experiment)
Tipologia (ISS Experiment)

=== Geophysical research ===

Uragan (ISS Experiment)
Relaksatsia (ISS Experiment)
Molnyia-SM (ISS Experiment)
Vsplesk (ISS Experiment)
Impuls (ISS Experiment)
Plazma-Progress (ISS Experiment)
Plazma-MKS (ISS Experiment)
Ten'-Mayak (ISS Experiment)

=== Earth resources sensing ===

Diatomeya (ISS Experiment)
Volny (ISS Experiment)
Rusalka (ISS Experiment)
Seiner (ISS Experiment)
Ekon (ISS Experiment)

=== Space biotechnology ===

CPCF-2 (ISS Experiment)
Mimetik-K (ISS Experiment)
Biodegradation (ISS Experiment)
Conjugation (ISS Experiment)
MSK (ISS Experiment)
KAF (ISS Experiment)
Vaktsina-K (ISS Experiment)
Bioekologia (ISS Experiment)
Interleukin-K (ISS Experiment)
Bioemulsia (ISS Experiment)
Glikoproteid (ISS Experiment)
Biotrek (ISS Experiment)
Antigen (ISS Experiment)
Lactolen (ISS Experiment)
ARIL (ISS Experiment)
OChB (ISS Experiment)
Astrovaktsina (ISS Experiment)
Zhenshen-2 (ISS Experiment)
Kaskad (ISS Experiment)
BIF (ISS Experiment)
Bakteriofag (ISS Experiment)
Structura (ISS Experiment)
Konstanta (ISS Experiment)

=== Technical research ===

Tenzor (ISS Experiment)
Iskazhenye (ISS Experiment)
Privyazka (ISS Experiment)
Identificatsia (ISS Experiment)
Izgib (ISS Experiment)
Infrazvuk-M (ISS Experiment)
Meteoroid (ISS Experiment)
Vektor-T (ISS Experiment)
Scorpion (ISS Experiment)
Kromka (ISS Experiment)
Acoustika-M (ISS Experiment)
Toksichnost (ISS Experiment)
Radioskaf (ISS Experiment)
Sreda-MKS (ISS Experiment)
Infotekh (ISS Experiment)
Kontur (ISS Experiment)
Veterok (ISS Experiment)
BAR (ISS Experiment)
Expert (ISS Experiment)
Cold Atom Laboratory

=== Contract activities ===

GTS (ISS Experiment)
GTS-2 (ISS Experiment)
Vzglyad (ISS Experiment)
Biosfera (ISS Experiment)
LEGO (ISS Experiment)
Popular Mechanics (ISS Experiment)
MPAC & SEED (ISS Experiment)
HDTV (ISS Experiment)
Starmail (ISS Experiment)
GCF-JAXA (ISS Experiment)
ROKVISS (ISS Experiment)
Neurocog (ISS Experiment)
Cardiocog (ISS Experiment)
Neurocog-3 (ISS Experiment)
3DPC (ISS Experiment)
3DPC-2 (ISS Experiment)
SCN (ISS Experiment)
Cardiocog-4 (ISS Experiment)
NOA (ISS Experiment)
IMMUNO (ISS Experiment)
Golf (ISS Experiment)
Myocite (ISS Experiment)
Stroma (ISS Experiment)
Amphybody (ISS Experiment)
Tubul (ISS Experiment)
MIA (ISS Experiment)
NKA (ISS Experiment)
Bioculture (ISS Experiment)
Altcriss (ISS Experiment)
Cult (ISS Experiment)
Sample-LDM (ISS Experiment)
AT-SPACE (ISS Experiment)
BIOKIN 4 (ISS Experiment)
PKINASE (ISS Experiment)
EXPOSE-R (ISS Experiment)
Pille-Simonyi-2 (ISS Experiment)
Sample (ISS Experiment)

=== Study of cosmic rays ===

Platan (ISS Experiment)
BTN-Neutron (ISS Experiment)
Matryoshka-R (ISS Experiment)

=== Educational and humanitarian projects ===

Kolibry Project (ISS Experiment)
Konstructor Project (ISS Experiment)
MATI-75 (ISS Experiment)
MAI-75 (ISS Experiment)
Fizika-Obrazovanie (ISS Experiment)

=== Space technology and material science ===

SVS (ISS Experiment)
Kristallizator (ISS Experiment)
PKE Nefedov plasma crystal experiment (joint Russian-German experiment, 1998 - 2004)
PK-3 Plus plasma crystal experiment (joint Russian-German experiment)

=== Foreign programs ===

== Other ==
In May 2011, Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-134 carried 13 Lego kits to the ISS, where astronauts built models and saw how they reacted in microgravity, as part of the Lego Bricks in Space program. The results were shared with schools as part of an educational project.

Planned:
OPALS

== References ==

== External links ==
International Space Station Science Research Accomplishments During the Assembly Years: An Analysis of Results from 2000-2008 - NASA
International Space Station (ISS) Research - from the ISS Program Scientist - NASA
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) - NASA NASA STI Program
STS-131 Press Kit - NASA
Experiment List - Alphabetical - NASA Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
ISS Research Project - NASA
International Space Station Science News
International Space Station Science Research Accomplishments During the Assembly Years: An Analysis of Results from 2000-2008
All Laboratories Are GO . . . for Research!
Research in space: Facilities on the International Space Station Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
VIDEO FROM IAC-2010: A decade of ISS research