Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight. Vast has raised $500 ...

Houston watched history take off! Artemis II is on its way to the moon, and our city was there to cheer every second.

NASA’s Artemis II mission has officially launched, marking humanity’s return to deep space for the first time in over 50 ...

As the human race looks toward a future of space exploration and perhaps even colonization, one new discovery sheds light on a potential challenge. Traveling and being in space changes the shape of an ...

ABSTRACT The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Bioastronautics Roadmap (BR) is “the framework used to identify and assess the risks of crew exposure to the hazardous ...

François Picard is pleased to welcome from Toulouse in southwest France, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet. As ...

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Sperm struggles to find its way to an egg in microgravity, suggesting mammalian reproduction in space may not be possible.

Modern space exploration is driven as much by processors as it is by rockets. And it remains the ultimate test of our ...

‘2001: A Space Odyssey' set the precedent for future sci-fi films and was ahead of its time, literally.

Neil Armstrong's inspirational quote highlights the innate human drive to face challenges and explore the unknown, ...