SPACEThe International Space Station performs its third avoidance maneuver this year as a new piece of debris passes. Space junk is a growing problem as companies continue to launch new satellites into orbit without removing dead ones.
The overall health of astronauts is affected by alterations in the gut microbiome due to space's harsh conditions. Genes can also be altered, such as changes in bone structure and in the immune system.
The Uniphi Space Agency, founders of the National Astronaut Day back in 2017, has launched "The Virtual Astronaut" - a live series featuring astronauts.
Scientists discover that bacteria can survive the harsh conditions of space for years. It's also possible that bacteria can transfer between planets in a similar way that the origin of life may have come from asteroids.
The ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) is set to open on Thursday, August 27, at 10AM EDT, coinciding with the microgravity laboratory's "20th anniversary of continuous human presence in space."
The SpaceX Crew Dragon, crewed by two NASA astronauts bound home to Earth, has already undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), Saturday, August 1.
Some species of fungi found inside the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been found to thrive in the radioactive environment, paving the way for a natural radiation shield for humans on the ISS and beyond.
A cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station just engineered human cartilage in space. Experts say this could be a step towards the future of long-term space voyages.
These spacewalks mark the end of a series of power upgrades that began in January 2017 to replace nickel-hydrogen batteries with new lithium-ion batteries as part of power upgrades of the International Space Station.
Virgin Galactic and NASA share the same visions for space exploration: for private companies to be involved in sending more people to space. They will be developing a new program that will allow customers to visit the International Space Station for private explorations and scientific research.
Koch and Meir performed a third successful spacewalk to repair old batteries on the ISS. Early this week, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir once again made history as they accomplished their third spacewalk to replace the aging batteries at the International Space Station.
For the first time, a blood clot is recorded to occur in space. Earlier this week, news of an unidentified astronaut suffering from a blood clot in the jugular vein on the neck or also known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) while aboard the International Space Station circulated and it has become a new case study for doctors here on Earth.
Fire plays on a different set of rules in space and in this experiment, astronauts try to understand the science of combustion in zero-gravity environments.
Boeing and NASA entered a partnership to efficiently and safely transport astronauts to International Space Station. However, this collaboration encountered a minor setback.
NASA attributes the advances in space science with its partnership with the private sector but will it continue to uphold scientific discovery over business ventures?
Experiments like this create a path to understanding how plants will adapt to extreme environments like the zero-gravity setting of the International Space Station and enable agribusinesses like Front Range Biosciences to breed crops that can withstand harsh environments and can adapt to climate change.
Astronaut Snoopy has been NASA's mascot since 1968, a product of a 51-year partnership between the Space Agency and Peanut, first to promote safety in human spaceflight and in recent years, to use the famous cartoon beagle to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and encourage children to be interested in those fields.
Private company The Gateway Foundation is designing a space hotel that can take its passengers in space and experience the life that is only seen in science fiction movies