Microgravity is also an ideal environment for growing the kind of defect-free crystals needed for semiconductors and AI chips. She notes that a single crystal could be produced in space and brought back to Earth to seed more error-free crystals effectively.

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, a Central Florida man who helped make the first moon landing possible is reflecting on decades of progress in space exploration.

As NASA prepares for its next mission to the moon, one Atlanta university is drawing attention for its growing role in space exploration.

In 1989, President George H.W. Bush announced the Space Exploration Initiative with the goals of going back to the moon "to stay" and, eventually, missions to Mars, Muir-Harmony said. The initiative was ended by Bush's successor, President Bill Clinton, due to costs and in favor of less expensive missions.

The City of Huntsville and Downtown Huntsville, Inc. (DHI) are hosting an Artemis II Splashdown Watch Party on April 10, giving the community a chance to witness NASA’s next milestone in human space

NASA may not be able to move forward three planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio.

In a historic milestone for space exploration,NASA’s Artemis II crew has shattered the record for the farthest distance traveled by humans from Earth. On April 6, 2026, four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft surpassed the Apollo 13 mission’s distance,

There seems to be something of a “been there, done that” impression this time, a sense that the American public wasn’t “sold” in advance on the Artemis objectives. In terms of public interest, space flight seems to be losing out to college basketball.