As Artemis II astronauts travel deeper into space, scientists are studying radiation exposure and its effects on the human body. The mission could help shape future plans for long-term lunar and Mars

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a groundbreaking plasma tunnel to simulate the extreme conditions spacecraft face during reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. This cutting-edge facility generates plasma flows that mimic the ...

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Space travel has long involved heavy lifting. To reach a destination, the spacecraft has

As the human race looks toward a future of space exploration and perhaps even colonization, one new discovery sheds light on a potential challenge. Traveling and being in space changes the shape of an astronaut's brain. This revelation may guide future ...

British scientists are preparing to launch a crew of microscopic worms - each one millimetre in size - to the International Space Station in a "pioneering" experiment that could help support our ambitions to reach the Moon and beyond.

NASA awards $180.4 million to Intuitive Machines for lunar science delivery via CLPS, supporting Artemis missions and future human presence on the Moon.

In 1968, a film arrived unlike anything audiences had seen. Directed by Stanley Kubrick and written with science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey combined scientific rigor with