Axiom Space’s first privately funded trip to the International Space Station will be as notable for who’s not on the crew…
While most of us are now more fastidious about keeping our homes and workplaces clean, on board the International Space…
Astronauts and cosmonauts in space have reported spatial disorientation problems, where they find it hard to get a sense of…
New research involving nemotode worms aboard the ISS have shown that the effects of microgravity extend to the genetic level.
A remarkable microbe named Deinococcus radiodurans (the name comes from the Greek deinos meaning terrible, kokkos meaning grain or berry,…
When astronauts have to go, NASA wants them to boldly go. A new space toilet is heading to the International…
Those lucky few who have the incredible opportunity to see the Earth from space often report the view gives them…
One under-appreciated space asset is the photography skills of the Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station. They are…
Astrophotographer Thierry Legault is renowned for his amazing shots of spacecraft transiting the Sun. He’s now outdone even himself. (more…)
Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad…