If you've ever fancied spending up to a year away from your loved ones and living in extremely close confines with three ...

When scientists first sent microscopic worms into orbit in 2018, they hoped to answer a question that has shaped every discussion about long missions. What really happens to your body when gravity no ...

With the SpaceX IPO and success of the Artemis mission, long-distance space travel seems within reach. Researchers are ...

Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration program and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has ...

From the depths of winter slumber to the vacuum of space, nature holds the key to astronaut survival. Discover how hibernating animals and microscopic extremophiles could revolutionize human space ...

Interplanetary travel has long been one of the most ambitious goals in space exploration, and whether humanity achieves it this century depends on advances in technology, safety systems, cost ...

From “Aliens” to “Interstellar,” Hollywood has long used suspended animation to overcome the difficulties of deep space travel, but the once-fanciful sci-fi staple is becoming scientific fact. The ...

Around the world, people watched NASA's Artemis II mission in awe as humans returned to lunar orbit for the first time since 1972. As a physician and space medicine researcher, I watched life aboard ...