IF PEOPLE ARE to travel extensively in space and set up bases on astronomical objects such as the Moon and Mars then they will need to make or find out there the things required to support ...

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This NASA photo shows the Perseverance Mars rover in a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover - Copyright AFP ...

The system calculated more than 3.7 million molecules it could make from six different metallic elements in the rocks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

NASA just beamed a cat video to Earth from 19 million miles away in space ...

This schematic shows how lunar soil can work as a catalyst for extraterrestrial photosynthesis to make oxygen and fuels needed for long-term survival on the moon. Credit: Yingfang Yao Soil on the moon ...

In 1997, a fire broke out on the Mir space station, the predecessor of the International Space Station. The culprit was the ...

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has successfully pulled carbon dioxide from the Red Planet's atmosphere and converted it into oxygen. Beyond this initial test of MOXIE, NASA will launch additional ...

As part of its Mars exploration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) expressed its desire to create a futuristic invention that can allow people to breathe air on the red planet.

The ability to generate oxygen through photosynthesis--that helpful service performed by plants and algae, making life possible for humans and animals on Earth--evolved just once, roughly 2.3 billion ...