NASA recently partnered with Air Force Research Laboratory officials from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to conduct materials experiments aboard the International Space Station. The Materials on the International Space Station Experiment program exposes items in suitcase-sized containers to orbit before returning them to Earth aboard the space shuttle. Pictured is MISSE 6A and 6B.

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NASA recently partnered with Air Force Research Laboratory officials from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to conduct materials experiments aboard the International Space Station. The Materials on the International Space Station Experiment program exposes items in suitcase-sized containers to orbit before returning them to Earth aboard the space shuttle. Pictured is MISSE 6A and 6B.

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