Billionaires make it seem that we have all the tech we need to settle on the moon and Mars. But the hard part of living in space is adapting the human body to extraterrestrial conditions. Business ...
One way that astronauts have been fighting bone loss is through strength training. And they're getting some help with a new machine delivered this week by the shuttle Endeavour, which docked with the ...
Five years after their space jaunts, the astronauts appear to be in good cardiovascular health. Living in microgravity changes the human body — and usually for the worse. Bone density decreases, ...
For a quarter of a century, humans have continuously occupied the International Space Station. Here's a look at how far we've come and what's next.
Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969 that laid the foundation for humans to walk on the ...
As of Friday (Aug. 15), there are 7 people aboard the International Space Station: Expedition 73 commander Sergey Ryzhikov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos; fellow cosmonauts Alexey Zubritsky and ...
On board is the first-ever espresso maker in space. The SpaceX Dragon-6 resupply capsule, 10 meters from the International Space Station as they cross over Asia, April 17, 2015. NASA-TV/AP Photo &#151 ...
NASA and SpaceX are partners on the Crew missions, which send astronauts to the ISS for months-long scientific expeditions. The Crew-11 mission is due to get off the ground no earlier than Thursday, ...