During the Apollo missions, astronauts ... Wang found that Mars dust is made up of many toxic components, including including silica, gypsum, chromium, and arsenic, among others. Although these ...

A space homecoming is coming soon as NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts wrap up a 220-day orbital mission aboard the International Space Station. The trio will land in Kazakhstan on ...

Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don ... a crew returning from Mars and after inserting themselves into low Earth orbit, they will look ...

On a trip to Hong Kong, the American told the city’s students about his career in hopes of inspiring them to reach for the ...

Scott Parazynski has been on five missions, and his favourite part is staring at the stars, moon and his home, planet Earth.

This is assuming that a group of astronauts could safely ... we know what the hazards are." Dust on Mars can be dangerous in the same way that dust on Earth can be. We know that miners on Earth ...

The findings suggest that long-term exposure to Mars dust could create a host of health problems for future astronauts—leading ... Perchlorates are rare on Earth, but some evidence suggests ...

A unique set of risks and challenges await the first astronauts on Mars. Deadly solar radiation ... than the standard dust particles found on Earth. Not only that, but previous analysis shows ...

Mushrooms could offer a nutritious, delicious and sustainable food source for long-duration missions to the moon, Mars ... the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's ...

When NASA astronauts ... to the Moon and Mars. The CIPHER database includes many investigations to better understand the health effects of long-duration space flight. An Astronaut’s Work Isn’t ...

Lab-grown food will be essential if Nasa's objective of making humanity a multi-planetary species were to be realised, claims ...

April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to ...