In a news briefing following the landing, Nasa spokesperson Steve Stich said: "From a human perspective, all of us feel happy ...

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

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

Humans have evolved alongside microbes in Earth's environment that help strengthen our immune systems. But sterile living ...

A new study from the University of California suggests that the International Space Station (ISS) may be too clean, ...

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

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s call to crash the ISS into the seas in 2027 is a bombshell proposal that, if echoed by NASA, will ...

Two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since June, 2024 are scheduled to return to Earth next week. Massachusetts native Sunita L. Williams and Butch Wilmore of ...

Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, ...

“Future built environments, including space stations, could benefit from intentionally fostering diverse microbial ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth after nine months in space, but only after their ...

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that these issues could be due to the excessively sterile ...