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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="http://www.nasa.gov/" target="_self">On the Station - Latest News</a><br /><span class="rss-item">On the Station - Latest News</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/Seven-Ways-the-ISS-Helps-Study-Plant-Growth" target="_self">Seven Ways the International Space Station Helps Us Study Plant Growth in Space</a><br />');
document.write('As NASA plans long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, a key factor is figuring out how to feed crews during their weeks, months, and even years in space.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/space-station-science-highlights-29mar21" target="_self">Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 29, 2021</a><br />');
document.write('Scientific activities conducted aboard the International Space Station the week of March 29 included testing the use of capillary fluidics to water plants, demonstrating a small optical communications system, and measuring tiny particles with a miniature scanning electron microscope.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-names-robyn-gatens-director-for-international-space-station" target="_self">NASA Names Robyn Gatens Director for International Space Station</a><br />');
document.write('NASA has named Robyn Gatens as director of the International Space Station for the agency following about seven months of her serving as acting director of the program.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/women-astronauts-and-the-international-space-station" target="_self">Women Astronauts and the International Space Station</a><br />');
document.write('As of March 2021, 65 women have flown in space. Of these, 38 have visited the International Space Station (ISS) as long-duration expedition crewmembers, as visitors on space shuttle assembly flights or as space flight participants on short-duration Soyuz missions.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/space-station-science-highlights-22mar21" target="_self">Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 22, 2021</a><br />');
document.write('The week of March 22, crew members aboard the International Space Station tested a blood cell count device, examined time perception in space, and videotaped activities to promote awareness of space station research.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/space-station-20th-sts-102-performs-first-international-space-station-crew-rotation-returns" target="_self">Space Station 20th: STS-102 Performs First International Space Station Crew Rotation, Returns Expedition 1 to Earth</a><br />');
document.write('During their final month aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition 1 crew of NASA astronaut William M. Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Yuri P. Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev continued to commission the orbiting laboratory, conducted some early research, and contended with a balky treadmill.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/space-station-science-highlights-15mar21" target="_self">Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 15, 2021</a><br />');
document.write('The week of March 15, crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations, including studies of the melting-solidification process and changes in muscle properties in microgravity and tests of protective coatings and robot maneuvers.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/birds-4-paraguays-first-satellite" target="_self">Paraguay’s First Satellite Deployed From the International Space Station</a><br />');
document.write('On March 14, the Paraguayan Space Agency (AEP) deployed a satellite from the International Space Station to help track a tiny parasite that causes Chagas disease.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/space-station-science-highlights-08mar21" target="_self">Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 8, 2021</a><br />');
document.write('Scientific experiments conducted aboard the International Space Station the week of March 8 included studies of how liquids behave in closed spaces, optimal conditions for producing high-quality protein crystals, and plant growth in space.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/releases/2021/strong-team-strong-science-space-station-research-hardware-developers-payload-support-teams.html" target="_self">Strong Team, Strong Science: Space Station Hardware Developers, Payload Support Teams Celebrate Two Decades of Success, Prepare for Third</a><br />');
document.write('The International Space Station, now celebrating 20 years of continuous crew operations, is a marvel of cutting-edge research – thanks in large part to Marshall facility engineers and payload operations teams, who manage science hardware and provide real-time support for experiments on orbit.');
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