Medicine & TechnologyIn preparation for the first human mission to Mars, six astronauts have recently spent three weeks in isolation, from October 11 to 31, at a simulated Martian base where they carried out different experiments.
NASA is sending National Geographic cameras with the Artemis II mission to record this historical event, almost 50 years since humankind last step foot on the Moon.
New Mexico chile has been growing on the International Space Station and now, astronauts get to try it after its first harvest. Horticultural scientist from Espanola Jacob Torres is playing a vital role in this project in partnership with NASA.
NASA announced that SpaceX's toilet on its Crew Dragon Endeavour will be off-limits for the four Crew-2 mission astronauts when they return to Earth due to possible urine leak like the one in the Inspiration4 flight in September.
NASA recently announced it is reassigning two astronauts from the Boeing Starliner mission to an upcoming SpaceX flight in 2022 as delays continue to push the former's next flight in space.
Communication delays between the International Space Station and Mission Control Center had been a problem in the past, but now NASA's new augmented reality program is assisting astronauts without help from the ground crew.
A team of researchers is currently developing robots that will carry out the mining jobs for the astronauts to have more time to concentrate on more critical missions in space.
As different countries celebrate their respective wins in the Tokyo Olympics, the International Space Station has its own version of the Olympics for its astronauts and cosmonauts, too.