Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans look ...

NASA’s AVATAR experiment uses organ chip models from astronauts to study bone marrow and immune response in microgravity and ...

Voyager Technologies advances Starlab development through commercial agreements ; Starlab program reaches a major design ...

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

Researchers from the European Space Agency SciSpacE team tending to participants of Vivaldi – an experiment investigating dry ...

New research in orbital semiconductors, space-based metal 3D printing, and in-space recycling pushes production beyond and reveals lessons for advanced manufacturing on ...

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

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. Now, a team of researchers has built a rugged, ...

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

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

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