An experiment involving artificial organs is just one way researchers are trying to capitalize on the weird ways low-gravity ...

Dr. Maroouf is a clinical scientist and analog astronaut. From simulating life on Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station to exploring healthcare technologies for astronauts, Dr. Maroouf shares how ...

And a big part of their mission is researching how space changes the human body. SpaceX's highly anticipated Polaris Dawn mission is set to launch later this summer with an all-civilian crew.

The curious minds at Aperture investigate the strange and often harsh effects space travel has on the human body.

After Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station, the astronaut returned to Earth in 2016 shorter, more nearsighted, lighter and with new symptoms of heart disease that his ...

These are just a few of the challenges that humans face in outer space. Emily and Regina talk to a NASA astronaut (and astronaut scientist) about the impact of spaceflight on the human body.

Here are nine ways the harsh conditions of space can change the human body. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on Tuesday after spending nine months in space. The two were stranded ...

The extra months in space allowed Rubio to clock up a total ... how exercising with limited gym equipment can affect the human body. While the results have yet to be published, it is information ...

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins was the first person to sequence DNA in space. Kononenko is basically donating his living body to science ... our understanding of human health and disease.

NASA has quietly taken steps to prepare for a death in space. We need to ask how nations will deal with this inevitability ...

Space agencies devote entire departments to study the effects of space on the human body — the German Space Agency (DLR), for instance, runs its lab near Cologne. In June 2024, the journal Nature ...

We could be entering a renaissance for human spaceflight research, as a record number of private citizens head to space — and as scientists improve techniques for gathering data on these ...