Like many folks, astronauts enjoy a cup of joe from time to time, but the lack of gravity means that preparing and drinking it is a little different from how you do it back on terra firma. With that ...

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams recently hosted a highly engaging virtual session with students from the Sunita Williams Elementary School in her hometown of Needham, Massachusetts. The event, ...

Researchers have created a prototype spacesuit that’s capable of recycling urine into drinking water. Inspired by the “stillsuits” in the sci-fi classic Dune, the unique design could enable astronauts ...

According to the UN, safe drinking water remains inaccessible for about 1.1 billion people in the world. To address this global dilemma, the UN Millennium Development pledged at the World Summit in ...

An astronaut holds up a drink to the Earth while sitting in a chair - Supamotionstock.com/Shutterstock At The Takeout, we're not unfamiliar with long-forgotten yet ...

Cornell University scientists are looking to make one of the less cool but still practical parts of Dune a reality. In a new study this week, the team debuted a design for a spacesuit that recycles ...

Discovered: Mars exhibits signs of plate tectonics; the natural form of a recently developed substance came from space; bacteria is drinking water is healthy; circuits at your fingertips. Space rock.