Scientists can submit research proposals to fly experiments on Vast’s Haven-1 private space station, planned to launch in 2026 as part of the shift toward commercial space research ...

Some of the first experiments in space dealt with gravity and weightlessness. They were somewhat simple studies to test the new environment. Alan Shepard was the first man to hit a golf ball on the ...

Space Foundry printed electrodes that could be used in space-based biological and chemical sensors on parabolic flights in Nov. and Dec. 2021 and June 2022. As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to ...

Collins Aerospace’s spacesuit design proved astronauts can move around with it in zero gravity. Collins Aerospace’s spacesuit design proved astronauts can move around with it in zero gravity. is a ...

A new International Space Station spacesuit design now has several minutes of microgravity testing under its belt. Collins Aerospace put a new spacesuit for International Space Station spacewalks ...

One of the biggest challenges in long-term space exploration is a source of food for astronauts. While humans have been traveling in space since the 1960s, the way food is stored hasn't changed much.

Mayonnaise is having a moment far beyond the sandwich. In orbit and on the lab bench, scientists are turning this everyday ...

A gentle rumble ran under a researcher's feet as a rocket carrying her research -- live, human muscle cells grown on scaffolds fixed on tiny chips -- lifted off, climbed, and disappeared into the sky ...

Scientists at the University of California (UC) San Diego will be the first to test two cancer therapies in space, launching new stem cell experiments onto the International Space Station. They’ll ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Astronauts have been going to space since 1961, but they still don’t have a refrigerator to use for keeping food cold on long missions to the moon or Mars. The canned and dried ...