Part of this expenditure also goes into the technology used to convert urine into potable water. The massive amount also ...

So, not only did the asteroid carry the basic elements for life, it also had a watery environment to help synthesize them into complex ingredients — like the DNA nucleobases that the NASA team ...

Bone and muscle deterioration, vision impairment — even changes in DNA. How does extended time in orbit impact the human body ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission has detected amino acids in the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams suffer accelerated ageing, DNA damage and muscle loss after nine months aboard ISS ...

Nine months in space can permanently alter the body, leaving astronauts with possible long-term health effects.

US President Donald Trump said that he would pay the astronauts for their overtime stay in space out of his own pocket after ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) says that just one week in space is equivalent to one year's worth of radiation exposure on Earth. This radiation can put astronauts at risk of radiation sickness, ...

Meanwhile, someone with the same face, body, and DNA was back on Earth: his identical twin, Mark Kelly. Scott and Mark are the only twin NASA astronauts in history. Separated by 250 miles of space ...

The Crew-9 commander wore the extraterrestrial outfit while awaiting the arrival of Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya ...