Without Earth’s gravity, both bone and muscle become smaller and weaker, so exercise is a critical part of maintaining healthy bones and muscles in space.
Copper-based alloys developed at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have specific strength and thermal performance, making them perfect for additive manufacturing.
Today hundreds of other companies make hydroxyapatite toothpaste, a spinoff technology based on the revolutionary insight of a NASA scientist who used biology to make semiconductors.
During the Apollo missions only a very small part of the Moon’s surface was explored. Artemis astronauts will push the boundaries of lunar exploration.
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, or NIAC Program nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions. And one of the 2024 funded concepts is the first lunar railway system.