Manufacturing of fiber optic glass in microgravity is seen as a better way to make glass fibers with fewer imperfections that scatter light signals. Credit: NASA NASA plans to study the manufacturing ...

Sunita Williams Latest Health News: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams recently returned to Earth on March 18, 2025, ending an unexpectedly prolonged stay at the International Space Station (ISS). A short ...

According to Space.com and Cornell University, NASA astronauts conducted a microbe-based meteorite mining experiment aboard the International Space Station to study mineral extraction in microgravity.

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Dear Doctors: As a former NASA mission planner, I would signal a“ no-go” for human colonization of the moon and Mars. Dear Reader: You are referring to a column prompted by a reader's son, who became ...