Being weightless affects everything from the way food tastes to getting a good night's sleep. Here's what it's like to spend months in space. Ask any astronaut who has spent extended periods in the ...

Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may sound like the ultimate SciFi adventure. Just imagine floating through the modules, gazing down on Earth from 400 kilometers above, and conducting ...

The current ISS crew, Expedition 79, gathered for a joint photo on Aug. 15. Front row from left are NASA’s Zena Cardman, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and NASA’s Jonny Kim; rear from left are Russian cosmonaut ...

The path to becoming an astronaut is very difficult and requires intensive training, both physical and mental. Once a candidate succeeds, an astronaut travelling to the International Space Station has ...

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The International Space Station (ISS) is a space lab that travels around Earth about 400 kilometers above the surface, moving at a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour. Its main goal is to help ...

ISS research over 25 years shows how humans adapt biologically, medically, and technologically to space, informing future missions and scientific understanding of life beyond Earth.

Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has played host to more “firsts” than can ...