As space travel gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, studying its effects on health has become increasingly critical. Is space travel truly safe? Far from ...

The embryos cannot develop into humans, and are being used to study development in outer space.

NASA astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers, currently serving as a flight engineer on Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is one of a handful of astronauts testing various ...

Varda Space Industries has signed its first major agreement with a pharmaceutical company to develop improved drugs in microgravity.

China has delivered the world's first human artificial embryo models to orbit to test how microgravity affects human ...

Two researchers will launch from Spaceport America to conduct the first-ever quantitative study on menstruation in microgravity.

In May 2026, Starfighters Space, Inc. and Mu-g Technologies, LLC expanded their partnership, with Starfighters supporting Mu-g’s modified Dassault Falcon 50 parabolic flight test program from its ...

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