NASA explains some of the experiments being performed on the International Space Station into human health and performance.

As space travel gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, studying its effects on health has ...

If you spend around six months in space, Nasa says your body will be exposed to roughly the same amount of radiation as ...

Flying some 140 million miles to Mars is one of NASA's biggest plans so far and a space expert has revealed exactly how ...

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for more than seven months, far ...

"As well as losing muscle and bone mass, general fitness can reduce, and so can blood volume." Of course, this isn't a problem for astronauts while they're actually in space - as there are ...

NASA is working urgently to help astronaut Sunita Williams address significant weight loss she has experienced ... hours daily to preserve muscle and bone mass, which further increases their ...

Microgravity also affects muscles and bones. Without the constant pull of gravity, muscles don’t have to work as hard, ...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore ... iced Christmas cookies in microgravity and worked out three hours a day to prevent loss of bone density and muscle mass. First their return ...

Space missions lasting months can result in muscle atrophy, bone density loss, and fluid redistribution, all of which are amplified by microgravity.