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Scientists are racing to understand the serious health risks of deep space radiation for astronauts on future missions to the Moon and Mars, with a focus on cardiovascular damage.
A three-year mission to Mars will push the human body to its biological limits, offering a unique opportunity to study accelerated aging and disease for benefits on Earth.
A new study reveals female astronauts experience greater brain fluid shifts than males, while globe flattening affects male eyes more during spaceflight.
Hungarian scientists have successfully tested a dissolvable eye insert on the ISS to treat vision problems astronauts face due to microgravity.
A new study confirms that Bacillus subtilis, a microbe vital for human health, can survive the extreme forces of a rocket launch and reentry.
NASA's Glenn Research Center is working with Ohio partners to test portable X-ray devices, aiming to enhance medical capabilities for astronauts on future space missions.
A University of Florida study on the International Space Station reveals how microgravity accelerates muscle aging, offering new hope for astronaut health and treatments for age-related muscle loss on
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's new SPACE lab is creating living human tissue models to study and counteract the health risks of spaceflight.
Researchers developed an AI model that predicts space-related vision damage in astronauts with 82% accuracy using pre-flight scans, a key step for astronaut safety.
NASA's AVATAR investigation will send organ chips with Artemis II astronaut cells around the Moon to study the effects of deep space on human biology.
A new study found that space travel causes premature aging in human blood-forming stem cells, revealing significant DNA damage after just one month in orbit.
The commander of the Fram2 mission shared an x-ray image of a hand, potentially the first ever taken in space, as part of a series of scientific experiments.
