A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...

LambdaVision, a company that has used microgravity experiments on the ISS to develop an artificial retina, has booked space on a planned commercial station.

When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...

As humanity pushes the boundaries of space exploration, one of the key challenges is how to access resources from distant ...

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Now that NASA has found evidence of water on Mars, astronauts will test the growth of a small plant in Martian soil, thanks to students at Bellevue’s Open Window School. The experiment will be one of ...

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity ...

ISS BioAsteroid study shows bacteria and fungi can extract metals from meteorite material in microgravity, offering insights for future space resource use ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A science project at Central Alabama Community College (CACC) will be taking off soon. Literally. A microgravity experiment studying how radishes grow in space was selected ...

SpaceX, the Hawthorne, Calif.-based aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft on a cargo mission to deliver supplies and biotech experiments to the ...

Jennifer Smith, a sixth and seventh grade science teacher at Mahomet-Seymour Jr. High School, is one of 12 teachers ...