space travel

The young scientists from Viera wanted to learn whether a component in horseshoe blood can detect bacteria in space. Judges selected the project to ride up in a SpaceX rocket to the ISS.

A new study of astronaut blood finds that space travel reduces the expression of 100 genes related to the immune system.

When astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken launched from Kennedy Space Center last month, NASA and SpaceX made history. It was the first human launch...

Later this week, NASA and SpaceX will launch the first rocket carrying astronauts from U.S. soil since the end of the space shuttle era. But COVID-19 has forced some changes to their plans.

As humans spend more time in space there are questions about how their bodies are being affected. Dr. Krishna Komanduri, a researcher at the University of…