Background: Space exploration, especially long-duration missions such as those to Mars, presents unique and significant challenges to astronaut health. Space medicine, which focuses on maintaining ...

NASA has decided to shorten a mission aboard the International Space Station due to a medical issue involving one of its astronauts. Col. Terry Virts, a former NASA astronaut and Texas congressional ...

An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines. (Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS) ...

Before humans set foot on Mars, NASA must first understand how people can survive there. In the Mars Dune Alpha mission, astronauts live inside a simulated habitat designed to mimic the challenges of ...

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NASA astronauts will conduct two spacewalks in January to conduct repairs and upgrades to the International Space Station. The spacewalks will take place on Jan. 8 and Jan. 15. Two astronauts with ...

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If you’re all caught up on Stranger Things, you’ll be aware of a plot thread left dangling in the Season 5 finale that has to do with a briefcase. It turns out this will be addressed in a live-action ...

Well, this is a grim way to celebrate Whale Watch Week. For several days, a grisly scene has been playing out on the central Oregon coast: A piece of a dead whale (part of its head, to be specific) ...