US researchers have created the first 3D map of the microbes on the International Space Station, finding a lack of microbial diversity could be causing astronauts to get rashes, cold sores and other ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore remain calm and optimistic on the International Space Station, 250 days into ...

The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing important microbes, a new detailed map shows. If ...

Some of the health effects astronauts suffer on the International Space Station (ISS) may not be a consequence of ...

NASA's stranded astronauts issued a powerful five-word message to Americans concerned about their health and safety Thursday ...

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

Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station, uses his camera to capture stunning images of ...

Thankfully, the study offers one potential way forward: Add some dirt. “Introducing an environmental non-saline soil matrix ...

There may be logic in keeping spacecraft as sterile as possible, but this could inadvertently be affecting astronauts' health ...

Hundreds of surface swabs reveal the station lacks microbial diversity, an imbalance that has been linked to health issues in other settings.

Lunar Trailblazer, an orbiter that shared a launch on Wednesday with the commercial Athena lander, will help scientists ...