An astronaut working with one of the experiments aboard the International Space Station. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are hard at work on research guided by students and ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches on the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program 3 (STP-3) mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (NASA/Joel Kowsky) ...

JIUQUAN, China (Reuters) - China sent three astronauts on Wednesday to its permanently inhabited space station, where they will conduct dozens of scientific experiments, some related to the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen testing a VIVE Focus 3 virtual reality headset ...

Through Artemis, NASA astronauts are returning to the Moon in preparation for one day going to Mars. To better prepare astronauts for these long journeys, scientists need to know: How do extended ...

SpaceX is all set and ready for the historic Polaris Dawn mission to launch tomorrow, in which four private astronauts will travel into orbit and perform the first commercial spacewalk. Scheduled for ...

Astronauts have been conducting experiments on the International Space Station for as long as the station has been in orbit, but astronaut labor is expensive: crew time costs $130,000 per hour, and ...

Rock-and-roll puns aside, ELVIS is leaving the building — and Earth's surface — to collect data for “suspicious minds” who wonder if microbial life could exist in subsurface oceans of icy moons like ...

Americans can feel safer in their homes now than decades ago thanks to studies and standards that have removed highly flammable materials in clothing, beds, and furniture. NASA relies on similar ...

"The opportunity to expand access to microgravity research upon the world's first commercial space station is historic." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

From the time she was a child, Anna-Sophia Boguraev has had her eye on space. When she was 4, she built a cardboard rocket ship. She asked a lot of questions, loved looking at the stars and was set on ...

A long-term experiment aboard the International Space Station has tested the effect of space radiation on mouse embryonic stem cells. Their findings will contribute to helping scientists better assess ...