NASA Hosts Virtual Destination Station with Astronaut Ricky Arnold, Scientists News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station (ISS), will participate in a virtual panel Wednesday, May 26, to highlight the orbiting U.S. National Laboratory's research capabilities, and share space research and technology development progress. Destination Station is designed to promote how the space station is enabling research that brings value to our nation, inspires the next generation of researchers and explorers, and enables a robust marketplace in low-Earth orbit. This will be the second virtual version of because of the COVID-19 pandemic; NASA has hosted in-person Destination Station events around the country for a decade, and the virtual editions enables potential researchers and the public around the globe to tune in to this free forum.