To work toward getting around this issue, researchers used parabolic flights to simulate microgravity conditions, then 3D ...

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European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and ...

In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind ...

Many of my physiologic systems replicated somebody who's 20 or 30 years older than me.” Now there may be a solution: robot ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

In space, every action becomes more complicated—and CPR is no exception. With no gravity to keep you grounded, astronauts ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for ...

Feeding astronauts sustainably is one of the biggest challenges in long-duration spaceflight. ESA’s solution looks like a ...

The US wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, five years ahead of Russia and China’s plans to do the same.

The more fuel a spacecraft carries, the heavier it becomes, forcing engineers into a delicate balance between thrust and payload.