Basalt Launchpad Tiles to Undergo Testing at NASA

Basalt Launchpad Tiles to Undergo Testing at NASA

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...
NASA Plans to Mine Water on the Moon

NASA Plans to Mine Water on the Moon

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...