During the 2021 Space Life Sciences Training Program, mechanical engineering student Rocky An of Cornell University conducted an independent project using a computer to model the stress responses of ...

Jeffrey Richards, a payload research and science coordinator on the LASSO contract at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepares an experiment for a test in an Airbus Random Positioning Machine ...

An Indian space startup is preparing to take astronaut training underwater in a major step toward building future-ready human spaceflight infrastructure for the country. Aaka Space has announced plans ...

Gravity is a bully it pushes particles around so much on Earth that we rarely see their true nature. This is a feeling now ...

Space travel has always tested the human body by the effects of the new conditions of altered gravity on biological systems. It has long been known that continuous exposure to microgravity conditions ...

The race to return humans to the moon and eventually send astronauts to Mars has forced scientists to confront a difficult reality. Space is dangerous, isolated and unforgiving.

Though lettuce and other leafy salad vegetables are crucial parts of a balanced diet, a literal "rocket salad" may not be the healthiest choice for astronauts aboard the International Space Station ...