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

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

An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

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

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

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.

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 ...

NASA is looking for new providers to supply low-gravity parabolic flights for spaceflight training and scientific research.

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If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

How can microbes be used to help enhance human space exploration, specifically on the Moon and Mars? This is what a recent study published in npj Micrograv | Space ...

ISRO has invited scientists from India to propose microgravity experiments. Without science returns, there is no justification for the tremendous investment in the space programme.