Medicine & TechnologyAs NASA prepares for its Mars mission in 2030, scientists said astronauts can grow lettuce in space to help prevent bone loss. Find out how this is possible.
NASA announced earlier this month that missions in the International Space Station will continue until 2030, but plans to retire to use private space stations after that.
Research from the European Space Agency has shown for the first time that it is possible for an operator in orbit to feel the weight of rocks on the ground collected by a robot in a simulated geological exploration mission.
Arctic ground squirrels have a unique metabolic trick that they can remain slumber for months without showing signs of muscle loss and can live even with only breathing once per minute, which can teach astronauts a thing or two.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently announced it has already fixed the problem with its new rocket set for launch in March 2022.
A Canadian study recently showed that 50 percent more blood cells are destroyed when traveling in space and this continues for however long the mission takes.
New research recently showed that solar winds that interact with grains of dust carried on asteroids may have contributed to filling the oceans on Earth with water.
Thanksgiving Day is still on in space as astronauts aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday. Although, it might be a little different than on Earth, especially how they prepare their food.
One space firm has criticized Russia's anti-satellite weapon test as an "irresponsible act" after putting the lives of astronauts onboard the International Space Station in danger from the space debris it created last week.
The Crew Dragon Endeavor of SpaceX that carries the four astronauts of the space firm's Crew-2 mission is making a journey, returning to Earth for a planned splashdown this evening off the coast of Florida.
NASA is still weighing in when they will bring astronauts of the Crew-2 mission back to Earth because even their replacement on Earth is waiting for a launch of their own after some issues of the toilet leak in a SpaceX spacecraft.