Microgravity, maximum potential: photonics manufacturing in low Earth orbit
![NASA astronaut Megan McArthur works in the Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the ISS – her experiment is exploring methods of crystallising melts in microgravity [Image: NASA]](/sites/default/files/styles/content_banner/public/2025-06/iss1.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=_5PLiJ4W)
NASA astronaut Megan McArthur works in the Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the ISS – her experiment is exploring methods of crystallising melts in microgravity [Image: NASA]
Is space emerging as the photonics industry's ultimate laboratory? For the rising numbers of companies racing to grow materials in orbit, the answer looks set to be yes, writes Rebecca Pool
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