In the experiment which NASA called Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification (MICS) project, researchers mixed tricalcium silicate (C3S) -- popular ingredient of cement -- and water outside ...

Can you build with concrete in space? That is the question NASA and Pennsylvania State University researchers have been trying to get the answer to in their Microgravity Investigation of Cement ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) --Calcium silicate hydrate, or C-S-H, accounts for the strength of cement and cement-based materials. It is the component of cement paste that holds concrete together.

Concrete may be what humans use to construct safe places to live and work when we go to the Moon or Mars to stay When humans go to the Moon or Mars to stay, they will need to construct safe places in ...

The modern world is likely home to more concrete jungles than natural ones, and although we've been using the material for hundreds of years, the recipe can always use some improvement. Researchers at ...

Living on the moon and Mars will require building materials. Cement seems like an obvious answer, and scientists are growing it on the International Space Station ...