The goal of the space biology program in the animal biology area is understand the basic mechanism that animal use to adapt and acclimate to space and alterations in low gravity.

The goal of Cell and Molecular Biology research at NASA is to determine how the stresses of the spaceflight environment affect living systems at the basic cellular and molecular levels.

The effects of spaceflight on the biology of microorganisms and on microbial populations are largely unknown.

One of Space Biology’s major objectives is to understand how the spaceflight environment affects how plants grow and thrive.