With its microgravity environment, the International Space Station (ISS) provides researchers unique opportunities to study the effects of spaceflight on the human body, plants, bacteria and other systems.

Various companies and universities partner with NASA to perform their experiments aboard the ISS, making the space station a constant hub of scientific research.

What is it?

One of the projects supported by NASA is developing a technique to grow semimetal-semiconductor composite crystals in microgravity, with the ultimate goal of producing device-ready wafers off Earth. With these special crystals, the wafer can be used in various electronic devices, which could address the growing global demand for advanced electronic components.

The project, which is part of NASA's In Space Product

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