Delays and rising prices have made the promise of space travel for ordinary people more elusive than ever. Will that ever ...

Could low-orbit microgravity accelerate cancer research on Earth? Prof David Kerr unpacks a Lancet Oncology study on the ISS ...

Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can't survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped to a barely contained chemical explosion ...

Space travel is not for the faint-hearted—literally; it involves significant mental, emotional and physical stressors, many of which can become prohibitive to the majority of the population.

While Space X, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic may have captured the imaginations of Americans when it comes to the potential of space travel, these three well-known names are not the only contenders ...

They say travel broadens your mind but, if you’re travelling into space, it could displace your brain. Results of new study add to a growing body of evidence that astronauts’ brains change position ...

The Cleveland Clinic has launched the Space Health Center to tackle the complexities of space travel health, focusing ...

Get ready because the future of traveling to other planets just got a massive upgrade. Pulsar Fusion, a U.K.-based aerospace company, is developing a compact fusion engine called the Dual Direct ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other issues. As a result, trekking beyond the Earth's ...

Long-duration space travel may cause eye and brain changes that affect astronauts’ vision. Scientists refer to this condition as spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS). Researchers ...