NASA's Cold Atom Lab on ISS Receives Chilly Upgrade for Quantum Research
Astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026. About the size of a minifridge, CAL enables researchers to explore quantum physics. NASA Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA’s newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter and develop new
NASA's Cold Atom Lab (CAL) aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has received a significant upgrade, enhancing its capabilities for exploring quantum physics. The newly updated facility, about the size of a minifridge, chills atoms to extremely low temperatures, just above absolute zero. This allows scientists to study matter at its most fundamental levels and develop new quantum technologies. By utilizing the microgravity environment of space, CAL enables cutting-edge research impossible to conduct on Earth. The upgrade includes a new science module, facilitating novel experiments with Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), a fifth state of matter. The project supports international research teams investigating fundamental physics and testing quantum tools for future missions.
This upgrade to a unique space-based laboratory advances fundamental physics research and the development of quantum technologies.
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