The ISS has a rotating crew of seven astronauts, and they're equipped with all sorts of medical equipment, but not everything ...

If I were on Mars, how often would I see Earth transit the Sun? Steven RiserConyers, Georgia From Mars, Earth transits the ...

Thinking about food systems in deep space likely brings to mind something like The Martian where an astronaut is scratching ...

Elon Musk says his obsession with the red planet is cooling.

IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- The technological challenge of getting to Mars is a huge hurdle, but it may be biology that holds humanity back from venturing to the red planet. A new UC Irvine study shows ...

give the Mars robot projects an Apollo-scale budget (or even a substantial fraction thereof) and I ‘ll bet it would be astonishing what they could accomplish. The mission advantages of not having to ...

When humans finally land on Mars, what should they do? A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine lays out the science objectives for a crewed Mars mission.

The biomedicine outfit BioAstra aims to send its researcher on a flight around the Moon, aboard the leading-edge Orion spacecraft, to chart genetic changes triggered by cosmic rays and to develop anti ...

Scientists show recycled human waste can unlock nutrients in Martian dust, offering a new path for farming on Mars.

I've tried to have an initial read of the linked report, but it's not the most friendly for searching for a random person. I guess I'm surprised by the idea that we wouldn't send uncrewed cargo ...