In 2003, Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut, reported hearing a mysterious “knock” while in space, a sound that seemed to ...

The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to a new study ...

The Forgotten Challenge of Coming Home It is easy to assume that the hardest part of space travel is getting to orbit. I ...

On board the Artemis II mission will be several experiments on human health, one featuring tissue samples collected from the ...

For years, doctors and scientists have tracked how space changes the human body. Astronauts often come back with weaker muscles, thinner bones, and immune systems that do not respond as well as before ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, ...

In France, guest presenter and astrophysicist Jen Gupta joins space scientist Rosemary Coogan, one of the UK’s latest ESA astronaut recruits, as she works toward her private pilot’s licence.

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

Deep inside a Swiss mountain, a group of students spent some of the summer simulating what life might be like inside a lunar ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- You would expect a trip to space to be transformative, but NASA says it can lead to permanent DNA changes. The space agency studied the DNA of twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly.

A resilient gut microbe, Bacillus subtilis, has survived the extreme conditions of space launch and reentry - great news for ...

Your body's blood-making stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), are like factory managers who work best when calm and rested. But when stress hits, like infection or injury, they spring into ...