posted 08-10-2017 05:22 PM               

Submit Your Design for the 'Chips In Space' Mission Patch!

CASIS, NCATS, and Space Station Explorers announce the “Chips in Space” Mission Patch Contest!

Design a mission patch for an exciting new research program on the International Space Station!

Tissue Chips in Space (“Chips in Space” for short) is a four-year partnership between the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers are designing experiments that will study tissue chips in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. This space-based research will benefit people’s lives here on Earth by working toward a better understanding of human diseases and better methods for testing therapies.

The contest is open for submissions and will follow this schedule:

• August 9 – September 8: Submit your mission patch design (you can enter more than once!)
  
• September 9 – 16: Vote for your favorite designs in the Gallery
  
• September 18: Winners for each age group will be announced

To design a meaningful patch, you’ll need to know about the mission. Here’s an introduction.

posted 09-20-2017 01:27 PM               

Thank you to everyone who submitted and/or voted on designs for the 2017 Tissue Chips in Space mission patch! Your designs displayed a marvelous range of creative ideas, and they will provide valuable inspiration for the official patch. The final official design will be posted later this fall here at Space Station Explorers, on the submission page, and on Facebook.