As humans begin to colonize space, it's inevitable that some will suffer a cardiac arrest. Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save their lives -- and researchers say they've now ...
A moon rock brought to Earth by Apollo 11, humans' first landing on the moon in July 1969, is shown as it floats aboard the International Space Station. Part of Earth can be seen through the window.
The first time you experience weightlessness in space, Tom Marshburn told me, all the noise and pressure of launch suddenly disappear. One moment, the roar of engines shakes every bone in your body; ...
COLIS is the latest facility developed for the ESA project ‘Colloids in Space’, a product of the Politecnico di Milano and the Université de Montpellier’s partnership. The shelf life of a sunscreen, ...
The first full-face portrait of a human being in space, this image depicts Ed White in the pilot’s seat of the Gemini IV capsule. Gemini IV was the first U.S. long-duration spaceflight, and White was ...
NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "Today, we are living in the New Space Age, where mass commercial space travel is almost within our grasp. This otherworldly ...