The ISS feels impossibly far at 250 miles up, but lunar missions go 240,000 miles out - over 1000x the distance. It's a ...

An agreement to study a private astronaut mission using an Orion spacecraft is a step by Lockheed Martin in efforts to offer ...

To understand their activities in space on that first day, Ars spoke with each of the four crew members—Hansen, alongside ...

He joined the army as a scientist after 9/11. Now, he's leading the charge for military and astronaut nutrition and ...

For a quarter of a century, humans have continuously occupied the International Space Station. Here's a look at how far we've ...

While AI is often associated with automation and cost reduction, I think its true strength is in how it enhances human ...

Previous experiments on board the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that certain types of bacteria can survive in ...

One way that astronauts have been fighting bone loss is through strength training. And they're getting some help with a new machine delivered this week by the shuttle Endeavour, which docked with the ...

Discovery has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for more than a decade. Now, Senators Ted ...

Researchers are probing how hibernating lemurs downshift metabolism, protect cognition, and ride out months of lean times.

Over 80% of NASA's workforce is being told to stay home. More than 15,000 NASA civil servants have been furloughed as the U.S. federal government enters a shutdown.

Funding for the move of a space shuttle orbiter from the Smithsonian to a Houston museum continues to stir debate among ...