The two US astronauts floating in space for nine months will be home in only hours – but they might come back with a strange skin condition. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard the ...
Thanks to not-so-recent advances in technology, we can shoot just about anything into space, or at the very least into Earth's orbit. At first, we launched spy satellites during the Cold War, but once ...
The main difference between life on the International Space Station (ISS) and life here on terra firma is microgravity, which forces you to float around rather than walk. To prepare newbie astronauts ...
Being an astronaut is an inherently dangerous thing, and everyone in this line of work knows it. Dangers comes in all shapes and sizes, but they mostly have to do with the people taking part in ...
New research shows sinus and congestion symptoms are prevalent in space, offering insight into how prolonged exposure to microgravity affects human health. Texas A&M University For years, astronauts ...
On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just introduced herself to three robots stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). “We hit the ground running (or floating??) ...
Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) might seem adventurous, but in many ways, it is shaped by the absence of ordinary things we take for granted on Earth. The station is a sealed, ...