Above: Geology Tech Kyla Edison removes basalt launchpad tiles from their casting molds after sintering. PISCES completed and shipped a series of sintered basalt tiles last month for testing by NASA’s Swamp Works at Kennedy Space Center. Thirty tiles will be assessed...
Artist rendering of astronauts and a lunar rover equipped with a robotic drill searching for water deposits frozen beneath the lunar surface. Credit: NASA Inhabiting space is no easy endeavor. All the necessities for supporting life are far from reach. But the...