Being in space significantly affects the human body. Research shows that microgravity reduces bone density, posing a serious ...

Floating about in microgravity might seem like a blissful reprieve for the human body's weight-bearing skeleton, but when astronauts spend months in space, their bone density takes a serious hit that ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are plagued by persistent rashes, unusual allergies and a variety of infections, including fungi, cold sores and shingles. Researchers now think ...

The research involved collecting over 800 samples from various surfaces on the International Space Station The International Space Station may be making astronauts sick, according to a new study.

The International Space Station (ISS) where two NASA astronauts were stranded for nine months is so clean it's making crews sick, a new study suggests. Astronauts typically live on the orbiting ...

For example, Fram2 will grow mushrooms — a possible food source for future voyaging astronauts — in orbit for the first time and will take the first-ever X-rays of the human body in space.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have given their first interview since returning from space The duo, who originally were scheduled for an eight-day mission, spent nine months aboard the ...