"We hope the impact of this research will be to guide future studies that keep astronauts healthy during extended space ...

Humans have evolved alongside microbes in Earth's environment that help strengthen our immune systems. But sterile living ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke and space shuttle astronaut Nicole Stott will have profiles of their faces land on the moon.

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International Space Station researchers continue to share their new discoveries. Their recent findings include results in the ...

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Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that these issues could be due to the excessively sterile ...

The ISS’s microbial environment most closely resembles a hospital isolation room. It could be making astronauts sick.