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The payoff for human exploration is the science.

NASA is growing crystal gardens on the International Space Station to learn about self-organizing chemical reactions in space.

With NASA’s goal of sending humans to Mars, Artemis is the first step to the next era of exploration.

Using flexible plastic tissue chips, scientists can make observations over the course of a few weeks in microgravity that would have taken months or years to happen on Earth.

There is one human pleasure that has been with the astronauts since the dawn of the space age... Chocolate!

For an out of this world Valentine, don’t head to the store. You might find just the card you’re looking for at NASA.

Kilopower is a nuclear technology being developed at NASA in collaboration with the Department of Energy.

These faint seismic signals detected by the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structures instrument appears to have indeed come from inside Mars.

Precise radio navigation, using radio frequencies to determine position, is vital to the success of deep space exploration missions.

NASA is looking for a way to achieve cryogenic temperatures in deep space, but with current technology, we can’t get things cold enough in space.

Green propulsion enables CubeSats to be built in a smaller size because the propellant is very dense and takes up less space.

It was the largest ever controlled test-to-failure for a NASA rocket tank.

New tools built by engineers could bring help for the millions who suffer from major neurological diseases.

Instruments on Mars provide a detailed view of what’s going on on the planet as the seasons change.

Pillsbury developed a system for taking control of the entire manufacturing process for space food, ensuring food safety for the Apollo astronauts.

Today a commercially developed re-usable compression garment is a NASA tech transfer that saves new mothers all around the world.

Technologies created for the historic moonwalk advanced into spinoffs that benefit people on Earth.

Humming as they go, but softly to comply with noise limits on the space station, the Astrobees can take environmental readings or perform inventory.

Scientists can measure disruptions to determine how communications signals have been affected by these atmospheric bubbles.

These cobots combine and morph to enable different types of transportation.