Astronauts on the International Space Station have a number of exercise options, including a mechanical bicycle bolted to the floor, a weightlifting machine strapped to the wall, and a strap-down ...

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A new exosuit, equipped with artificial muscles, is set to redefine astronaut mobility for lunar and Martian exploration.

Lipton and his colleagues have created a new class of deployable structures that could one day be used to create artificial ...

Does Earth's magnetic field do all that much against cosmic rays? Those are quite high energy, hundreds of MeV. My understanding is most of the effect is against solar radiation, which is much lower ...

"The space system with artificial gravity includes an axial module with static and rotating parts, connected with the help of ...

When Tom Marshburn floated back to Earth after months on the International Space Station, his skin carried stories no photo ...

Imagine lying in bed for weeks on end, eating and sleeping without getting up — and being paid handsomely for your trouble. What sounds like a dream job to some is actually the setup of a new ...

One way to longer life may be higher gravity—at least for rats. That is the “very tentative suggestion” of experiments performed by NASA Physiologist Jiro Oyama, who has been raising mice and rats ...

When I say impossible here's what I mean: it's impossible on time scales that humans care about. It defies human psychology, which overwhelmingly weights short term benefits and costs more than long ...