Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is expanding the scientific footprint of 2027’s all-Boilermaker suborbital flight mission with the addition of onboard autonomous experiments in quantum ...

Gp. Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla spent about 18 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission in June-July 2025. Shukla conducted dozens of experiments, helping India ...

NASA and partners receive research samples when a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the ISS on Thursday, February 26, and returns to Earth.

A SpaceX rocket launched on Friday headed to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission, NASA reported in a statement.

Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the coming weeks. The mission will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of ...

The AVATAR investigation on NASA's Artemis II will utilize organ chips to study how the astronauts' own cells respond to the hostile deep-space environment. Credit: Emulate When the Artemis II ...

Thermal controls within the sealed payload kept the chamber near 30 °C, allowing the pupa to complete metamorphosis. The ...

A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments ...

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An unmanned U.S. military space plane landed early Saturday after spending a record 908 days in orbit for its sixth mission and conducting science experiments.