While orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station, NASA Astronaut Dr. Chris Williams spoke live with students at Old Hammondtown School during a video conference held on the Wednesday ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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A $2 million federal funding boost will help Case Western Reserve University and NASA Glenn Research Center dig deeper into what happens when gravity all but disappears. The funding, included in the ...