While astronauts do not leave home to go to war or face combat, families of space travelers may share a few commonalities ...

The plans for the tourist camp comes as NASA wants to send humans to Mars. Mars-V is developing a Mars simulation tourist ...

For decades, we’ve launched rockets the same way — but new evidence suggests we might be doing it all wrong. From propulsion ...

Astronauts endure grueling physical training and intense psychological tests, all to prepare for the harshest environment ...

The University of Wyoming has been sending teams of undergraduate engineers to NASA for several years now, and this year ...

Humans in space suffer exposure to cosmic radiation, muscle and bone loss, and even things like their eyeballs changing shape! Psychological stress is also likely to be a major concern.

No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp ...

Previous experiments on board the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that certain types of bacteria can survive in ...

When a rocket launches, the forces are intense enough to strain metal and push the human body to its limits. Yet Bacillus ...

Dubbing these “closed timelike geodesics” (CTGs), Ralph and Sajeendran explain in the paper: “Such a CTG would be ideal for ...

Amazon is packed with flight attendant-approved travel essentials they never board without. From AirTags to packing cubes, ...

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