The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy" during the medical crisis.

Astronauts’ brains can change shape and shift positions in space, according to a study with implications for NASA as it plans for missions to the moon and Mars.

The Artemis programme and others aim to send humans to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars. Innovations in health care that support the mission crew could also benefit people at home. Farhan M. Asrar is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. They may not have all the fixins, but the astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station are ...

Space changes you. It strengthens some muscles, weakens others, shifts fluids within your body, and realigns your sense of balance. NASA's Human Research Program works to understand—and sometimes even ...

A suggestion made last week by acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy that SpaceX could be booted from the agency’s upcoming moon-landing plans has rocked the space industry. Now, behind the scenes, ...

A new book explores the experiences of all 61 U.S. women astronauts Valerie Neal NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins sequences DNA aboard the International Space Station for ...

From top left to bottom right, the 2025 astronaut class: U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey, Rebecca Lawler, U.S. Air Force Maj. Cameron Jones, Laura Edgar, Yuri Kubo, U.S. Air Force Maj. Adam Fuhrmann, Anna ...

Wilmore and Williams became fixtures of the news cycle when the vehicle they flew to the space station in June 2024 encountered a series of technical issues. Williams and Wilmore eventually departed ...

The arrival of the astronauts selected for the Crew-11 mission at the space station will pave the way for the Crew-10 predecessors to depart. Crew-10 arrived at the ISS in mid-March in a ...