The International Space Station has become a hub for scientific discoveries that might never have happened on Earth, said Ellen Ochoa, NASA Johnson Space Center director and a former astronaut.

Regenerating organs for patient transplants, research and policy questions for “smart” vehicles, advances in the fight against cancer, and voter participation in elections will be discussed in Austin, Texas at the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, the world’s largest general scientific conference.