Ever wonder how astronauts learn to float? In Bordeaux, France, European astronauts train for zero gravity using parabolic flights. By flying in steep arcs, these aircraft create short, 22-second ...

Space changes you. It strengthens some muscles, weakens others, shifts fluids within your body, and realigns your sense of balance. NASA's Human Research Program works to understand—and sometimes even ...

In zero gravity, there's no weight to bring to bear and the rescuer just bounces off the patient's chest, so some other method is needed. To evaluate alternatives, cardiologists teamed up with the ...

It's been 286 days since astronauts Sonny Williams and Butch Wilmore have felt the pull of Earth's gravity. Gravity is really, really tough, tough, learning to live with it, but also without it. Our ...

India, Nov. 27 -- Space is super fun to live in, but at the same time, it is also very disoriented due to lack of gravity, astronaut and group captain Shubhanshu Shukla said on Wednesday.

If we could farm in space, astronauts would have fresh, familiar foods. Those plants could recycle air and water. Plus, it feels good to be around plants. Once more people – and maybe even cats – can ...

— -- Astronaut Clayton Anderson is a four-sport athlete who loves to lift weights. But after his return to Earth, scheduled for today, he'll need help just taking a few steps. He's been advised ...

Scientists are trying to perfect a technique for growing crops in space. This story is from Inside Science. Scientists in Norway and the Netherlands may have brought us closer to workable space farms, ...