The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to a new study of human tissues sent into low-Earth orbit, time in space reduces cell ...

From causing muscle loss to raising the risk of blood clots, long-haul space missions can have a profound impact on the human ...

For years, doctors and scientists have tracked how space changes the human body. Astronauts often come back with weaker ...

A new study indicates that the harsh environment of space travel may accelerate changes in the human body typically associated with aging. The research sent human tissues into low Earth orbit and ...

On March 2, 2016, at around 9 A.M. local time, in Kazakhstan, Scott Kelly plunged through the Earth’s atmosphere in a Soyuz spacecraft travelling at seventeen thousand miles an hour. As expected, ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

The mission that got off the ground from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California was designed to return from orbit in a major first. While an "anomaly" prevented the spacecraft bearing ...

Astronaut and space industry leader Tom Marshburn explains how commercial space flight, AI, and new approaches to medicine will transform business, leadership, and life.

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The Shenzhou XX crew aboard China's orbiting space station — astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — has been ...