Time for a 2024 image rewind. ⏪ Celebrate this year’s science experiments and demonstrations aboard the space station. Astronauts participated in research that benefit future missions and humanity on Earth. Explore the best research images of 2024 from the orbiting lab at nasa.gov/iss-research. Images featured in this post include: Inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders! 🚀 NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson conducts Zero Robotics, a student software programming competition. Winners have their code run on one of the Astrobees aboard the space station. This educational activity aims to encourage students to pursue careers in STEM fields. Turning water into ice crystals in space! ❄️ NASA astronaut Don Pettit creates thin wafers of ice using a station freezer kept at -140 degrees Fahrenheit. He photographed the ice using special equipment, including a polarizing filter, to learn how freezing works differently in microgravity. Monitoring astronaut health with wearable tech! 🏋️‍♂...