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 ...

Imagine being the first rock band to ever be played by astronauts in outer space. I certainly would never shut up about it. That was the case of psychedelic rock outfit Pink Floyd, whose music was ...

With the penny going away, what should you do with the ones in your coin jar? Why Elon Musk says saving for retirement will be 'irrelevant' in the next 20 years Republican Sen. Thom Tillis vows to ...

A small section of the International Space Station that has experienced persistent leaks for years appears to have stopped venting atmosphere into space. The leaks were caused by microscopic ...

MAINE, USA — NASA astronaut and Caribou native Jessica Meir will make her second trip to the International Space Station (ISS) next year. Meir is one the four selected for NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 ...

This Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is a superb set for adult fans of this memorable but sadly now-retired space vessel. It's a fun build, which can easily be shared, and once built it looks ...

The Draco thrusters of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fire during a demonstration of its ability to reboost the International Space Station in September. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA and SpaceX have ...

I sometimes wonder where we would be now, as a species, had the Soviet Union not collapsed and continued its space race with the United States. Would we have already colonized other planets by now, or ...

Caribou native and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will soon take her second flight to the International Space Station. Meir will serve as spacecraft commander for the four-person crew aboard NASA’s ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to close down by 2030, and Russia, one of its main partners, is designing its own replacement orbital laboratory. After a decade of planning to place its ...

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