But first, the space agency must figure out how welds perform in the microgravity environment of space.
Another in-space welding experiment, called theNanoracks Astrobeat, recently launched to the ISS aboard the31st resupply mission.
According to NASA, conducting in-space repairs from within the spacecraft could be safer and more efficient.
NASA Marshall engineers and scientists, along with their collaborators from Ohio State University, monitor laser beam welding in a vacuum chamber during a Boeing 727 parabolic flight.Tasha Dixon/Zero-G
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