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## [IIAS-02 Call for Science is now LIVE](https://awg.osdr.space/t/iias-02-call-for-science-is-now-live/1458)
**Author:** [@shawnapandya](https://awg.osdr.space/u/shawnapandya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/iias-02-call-for-science-is-now-live/1458 "2024-11-20T14:42:00Z")
Dear space health colleagues, Our IIAS-02 call for science for our research spaceflight aboard Virgin Galactic’s Delta class of vehicle is now live; you can check out the link here: https://astronauticsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FINAL-November-2024-IIAS-02-PAYLOAD-SOLICITATION.docx.pdf. Please feel free submit science, payloads and/or protocols, and to distribute, and we also encourage any interested parties to sign up for our joint virtual Q&A for interested researchers December …
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## [Virgin Galactic & IIAS New Flight - AWG Member Going to Space!](https://awg.osdr.space/t/virgin-galactic-iias-new-flight-awg-member-going-to-space/666)
**Author:** [@drsaswatidas](https://awg.osdr.space/u/drsaswatidas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/virgin-galactic-iias-new-flight-awg-member-going-to-space/666 "2024-06-21T15:23:02Z")
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. announced a new contract with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences to fly three research astronauts as part of a future crew aboard the Company’s Delta Class spaceship. It will be the second research mission that IIAS has conducted with Virgin Galactic. It follows ‘Galactic 05’ in November 2023, which tested novel healthcare technologies and examined how fluids behaved in low gravity to help inform designs for future medical technologies and lif…