Mars is bombarded with radiation. Without a protective magnetic shield and a thick atmosphere like Earth's, radiation from space has…
Space may be pretty, but it's dangerous. Astronauts face a much higher dose of ionizing radiation than us Earth-bound folks,…
Astronauts and cosmonauts in space have reported spatial disorientation problems, where they find it hard to get a sense of…
This week we welcome back to the show Dr. David Warmflash. Since he was last with us, David has been…
Could lava tubes on the Moon and Mars play a role in establishing a human presence on those worlds? Possibly,…
Any mission to Mars requires deeper planning than missions to the ISS or the Moon. Based purely on the length…
Earth is a radiation cocoon. Inside that cocoon, the atmosphere and the magnetosphere keep us mostly safe from the Sun's…
Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad…
The Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon, yes. But they also hopped, bounded, and shuffled. And sometimes they fell, spectacularly.…
A team from a Russian polytechnic university is working on an autonomous space module where fresh vegetables could be grown…