Over the decades, a "Whipple Shield" came into wide use for mitigating space debris impacts. This structure was introduced by ...

In 1997, a fire broke out on the Mir space station, the predecessor of the International Space Station. The culprit was the spacecraft’s on-board oxygen generator, which burned solid lithium ...

Traveling to space is much more common today than in the past, though it is still quite a technological achievement. Back in 1961, when humanity was working on sending the first humans to space, they ...

The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) mean that its human inhabitants are barred from eating crumbly foods as the particles could float away and clog up air vents and ...

Spacesuit-clad NASA astronauts have to go to the bathroom in diapers. But a new invention by Dr. Thatcher Cardon may change space travel forever.

Expedition 53 crewmates Nichole Ayers and Takuya Onishi take part in an educational outreach downlink from the International Space Station, as seen from behind the scene. Nichole Ayers with NASA and ...

Lauren Sánchez opened up about the custom astronaut suits that she, Katy Perry and Gayle King will wear when they take off for Blue Origin's first all-female space flight on April 14 The women — ...

April 9 (UPI) --NASA is offering $3 million to anyone who proposes technology to solve an unusual problem: recycling feces and other human waste in space. The space agency's LunaRecycle Challenge ...

Lauren Sánchez teamed up with Monse to redesign the Blue Origin flight suits with its all-female launch in mind. The all-woman crew for Blue Origin’s upcoming flight into space includes, clockwise ...