As humans prepare for longer missions to the moon and Mars, scientists are trying to understand how space affects the human body. One of the biggest concerns is space radiation — high-energy particles ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a call for proposals from companies to study how the human body adapts to space, with a focus on enhancing health and wellbeing during long-duration missions. "SpaceX ...

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study publishing February 27 in the Cell Press journal Cell suggests that ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts will venture deeper into space than any human has gone before. That presents some seriously exciting research opportunities. Reading time 5 minutes The human body is a complex ...

NASA has awarded KBR Wyle Services a potential 10-year, $3.6 billion contract to support the Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Performance Directorate, which performs research to determine how ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, we explore how microgravity accelerates aging—and guest Dr. Nadia Maarouf shares her insights on the phenomenon and what she’s doing to help protect astronauts.

Space exploration is changing fast. And the big question now facing us is: Do we still need humans out there? With AI taking over many tasks, it’s time to think about what role humans should play in ...

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that these issues could be due to the excessively sterile ...