The key challenges in space missions are the continuous availability of nutrients, preservation of food, microgravity and radiation, health hazards such as cancers, cataracts, bone and muscle loss amo ...

Pikes Peak State College (PPSC) and University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) students are sending an experiment into ...

Astronaut Matthew Dominick, a University of San Diego graduate who has spent the past 7 1/2 months aboard the International ...

23, 2024 — Scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in space ...

Space Center Houston found medical kits, food, audio cassette tapes and more after opening a Skylab training module locker ...

There’s been a lot of interest around developing technologies for mining rare-earth metals from asteroids as they pass on by.

The retirement of the International Space Station (ISS) is planned for 2030. With just six years left on the clock, private companies are vying to see their space stations reach low-Earth orbit ...

Food comes in several forms on the space station. Dehydrated meals come in pouches to which hot water is added before eating and Russian cosmonauts still receive tinned foods that can be heated in ...

The International Space Station is the largest spacecraft ever ... That means astronauts need frequent food and water deliveries in addition to scientific instruments, experiments, and other ...

This special telebridge event allowed students to ask their space-related questions to Williams, as she orbited Earth ...

Luxury and comfort on the International Space Station – mission possible? Everyone’s childhood dream of being an astronaut might soon become a reality, as technology companies are working on solutions ...

NASA, in 2030, will plunge the aging International Space Station into the ocean. The space agency is banking on commercial companies to build and operate future habits in orbit around Earth.