The roots of material science in space began in the mid-20th century during the dawn of the space race. Image Credit: Indometeus/Wikimedia Commons To begin with, rockets, space shuttles, and ...

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and its unusual gas-to-dust chemistry Crewed and robotic lunar missions advancing sustained exploration Asteroid characterization and deflection studies supporting ...

A SpaceX Dragon capsule packed with cargo took flight atop a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night, ferrying innovative experiments and equipment to the International Space Station to continue NASA's legacy of ...

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MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our understanding of science, space, and the universe. On November 2, 2000, ...

The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B at after rollout from the VAB. ‘On its launch pad!’ NASA Artemis II moon rocket completes rollout Read full article: ...

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Fermenting foods in space could provide a new culinary frontier. When fermented aboard the International Space Station, the Japanese condiment miso tasted nuttier than two earthbound versions, ...

It’s a big universe out there—13.8 billion years old, full of hundreds of billions of star-and-planet-packed galaxies and, out past the limits of our sight, perhaps infinite in all directions. But as ...