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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the NASA astronauts who lived at the International Space Station (ISS) for 286 days following the failure of Boeing’s Starliner capsule, have recovered from their lengthy lack of gravity. In an interview with Reuters, the duo shared that they completed an intensive physical readaptation program …

It’s a busy time aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which usually hosts a crew of seven astronauts. With the extended Starliner demo flight, the count is up to nine with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. NASA was happy to have the help as it planned a pair of spacewalks …

Until a few decades ago, no human being had ever been away from gravity’s loving embrace. As the era of space exploration dawns, it’s still unclear how long stretches without gravity will affect the body. A new analysis of astronauts from Oregon Health & Science University shows that their brains …

  No one expects spacetravel to be risk-free, but we’re just beginning to learn how harsh the universe can be outside our little bubble of atmosphere. A new analysis of conditions on the moon much higher levels of radiation than expected. The Chinese-German team claims the lunar surface is so …

At the dawn of human spaceflight, we weren’t even sure people would be able to eat in space. Today, we’ve moved on to bigger questions like, “what happens to your brain in space?” This is what researchers at the University of Michigan wanted to know when they scanned the brains …