The International Space Station (ISS) may be too sterile – and the astronauts on board could benefit from it being a little dirtier, according to a new study. When astronauts spend time on the ISS, ...

MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. Russia’s Progress MS-30 space freighter was launched atop the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the ...

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Learn how the excessive cleanliness of the International Space Station poses health problems for astronauts and why ...

The Russian booster rocket launched Progress MS-30 into Earth orbit, carrying 2.5 metric tons of cargo to the ISS, including a new spacesuit. The spacecraft will dock on Sunday after 34 orbits. Seven ...

MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket has taken the Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft to the orbit, ...

Most people’s idea of space food is freeze-dried ice cream, and that’s not too far off: As much as space travel has changed ...

A Russian booster rocket placed the Progress MS-30 spacecraft in Earth orbit early on Friday, sending it on its way to the International Space Station with a cargo of equipment and supplies, Russian ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore remain calm and optimistic on the International Space Station, 250 days into ...

The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing important microbes, a new detailed map shows. If ...

Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91) will deliver three tons of "gifts" (food, fuel, and supplies) for the space station crew.

The ISS’s microbial environment most closely resembles a hospital isolation room. It could be making astronauts sick.