NASA to let private company Vast visit space station for private mission in 2027

NASA has let Axiom Space make four visits to the International Space Station and a fifth next year, but on Thursday the agency announced a new private company would be allowed a mission as well.

UC San Diego graduate Jessica Meir enroute to the International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will spend about eight months in orbit aboard the International Space Station studying how microgravity affects the human body.
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Caribou native Jessica Meir headed back to the International Space Station

Caribou native Jessica Meir is headed back to the International Space Station as a member of NASA's SpaceX crew that launched from Cape Canaveral this morning.

Space mining without heavy machines? Microbes harvest metals from meteorites aboard space station

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be impossible to leave them behind, since they live on and in our bodies, surfaces and food.