New Research on Muscle Loss Suggests Humans Will Really Suffer on Mars
Keeping astronauts strong and healthy in microgravity is no easy feat. Those serving six-month missions aboard the International…
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,190 6 March 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a…
Microgravity Mission to Unlock New Insights into Cancer Biology
Partners Microgravity Cancer Research Mission – Photo: (L to R) Tiffany Sharp, Kelly Yeoh, John Godwin, Dr Nirmal…
Fungi on International Space Station Show Surprising Metal Extraction Skills
As human space exploration pushes farther from Earth, the need for sustainable ways to obtain local resources is…
Butterfly Completes Its Entire Metamorphosis While Orbiting Earth on Chinese Experiment
The arthropod astronaut during his mission. Credit: Chongqing University On December 13, a rocket rose from the Jiuquan…
Space station experiment shows microbes extract metals from meteorites
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from…
Urgent to understand how human fertility functions beyond Earth, scientists say
As humans spend increasing amounts of time in space, whether for work or tourism, scientists are calling for…
Bacteria survive rocket launch and re-entry, boosting Mars hopes
A “world’s first study” has demonstrated that bacterial spores can withstand the extreme forces associated with a space…