SpaceX Launched The First
Fully private mission to the International Space Station, but the newly minted astronauts won't just be playing tourists in orbit.
Instead, They'll Be Conducting
A number of experiments, including a state-of-the-art building technique that could inform how future space stations come together.
The Team's Research Agenda
Includes work with an air filtration device, cellular biology experiments and a robotic swarm of self-assembling tiles that will be of special interest to future astronauts.
With The Picture-Perfect Liftoff
The crew officially began a 10-day journey that will include eight days aboard the International Space Station.
The Research Builds
On a previous test aboard the station that saw seven tiles assemble in microgravity
This Iteration Of The Experiment
Will involve using a set of tiles that work with Raspberry Pi controllers; they'll be released in an aisleway of the ISS to self-assemble.