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52 astronauts left Earth for months in orbit, and within weeks their gut bacteria changed how they processed food, revealing why spaceflight can trigger constipation and potentially affect brain healthConstipation in space is more than an uncomfortable side effect. Astronauts often face it during long missions, but scientists have not ful...- Key Largo used a sealed underwater habitat 22 feet below the surface to test prolonged human immersion; the result revealed a startling effect as a professor emerged after 100 days with his spine compressed and his height reduced by half an inchJoseph Dituri spent 100 days underwater in a 100-square-foot habitat near Key Largo, Florida. The extreme experiment changed more than his ...
- In 2003, NASA sent tiny worms aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. After the disaster, scientists discovered that an aluminium container had helped them survive the deadly impactWhen Space Shuttle Columbiabroke apart on February 1, 2003, all seven astronauts lost their lives. Yet one NASA experiment survived. Tiny C...
- 'Hello from the ISS': Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon shares first message from spaceAnil Menon, an Indian-origin astronaut representing NASA, has shared his first message from the International Space Station, expressing dee...
- Meet Anil Menon, NASA astronaut who will spend 8 months aboard space station: All about the Indian-origin doctor who once served in AfghanistanAnil Menon NASA astronaut: Anil Menon, the first NASA astronaut of Malayali heritage, has reached the International Space Station (ISS) on ...
- NASA seeks volunteers for year-long Moon and Mars simulation mission: Check eligibility and other detailsNASA is recruiting volunteers for a year-long simulated deep-space mission. Participants will live and work in a special habitat at Johnson...
- In 1962, a French geologist descended into a dark underground cave, but when he emerged more than two months later, he had lost track of time and helped reveal the human body's internal clockMichel Siffre's 1960s cave experiment revealed a hidden internal clock within humans. Isolated from all external time cues, his own sense o...
- PM Modi, Macron discuss expansion of India's UPI in France, sign 19 pactsPrime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron met and signed 19 agreements. Discussions covered AI, innovation, trade, ...
- Dreaming of becoming astronaut? 'You may have to give up your wisdom teeth', explains astronaut Shubhanshu ShuklaAstronaut Shubhanshu Shukla revealed that preparing for space travel involves unexpected sacrifices, including the preventive removal of wi...
- Explorer, filmmaker, scientist, and a Bitcoin investor: Meet the SpaceX Fram2 crew making space historyFour private astronauts have embarked on a historic journey, becoming the first humans to orbit both the North and South Poles aboard Space...
- What happened to Sunita Williams’s hair? NASA explainsU.S. astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams have returned from a nine-month space mission with significant physiological changes, inc...
- How does space travel affect astronaut health?Space travel poses significant challenges to human health due to microgravity, radiation exposure, and psychological stress. Microgravity l...
- India’s first analogue space mission kicks off in LehThe mission will simulate the extreme conditions of extraterrestrial environments, marking a milestone in India’s quest to advance human sp...
- 40 years after astronaut Rakesh Sharma, Shubhanshu Shukla is the first Indian to travel to space: Here's how is gearing up for ISSGroup Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force will pilot the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station in 2025. This mar...
- ISRO taking help of doctors in developing human-rated spacecraft for Gaganyaan missionUnion Minister Jitendra Singh has said that the first unmanned mission in the Gaganyaan series was expected to be launched next year. This ...
- SpaceX engineer Anna Menon to be among crew of new space missionMenon is a Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX, where she manages the development of crew operations and serves in mission control as ...
- US spacecraft named after late astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who died during a space missionChawla had made history at NASA as the first female astronaut of Indian descent.
- NASA astronaut to set record for longest spaceflight by a womanNASA and its ISS partners have set a new schedule and new crew assignments that will include the first flight of NASA astronaut Jessica Mei...
- NASA to award $ 100k prize for designing aerosol sensorTiny airborne particles, known as aerosols, can contribute to a variety of health problems, such as asthma and respiratory tract irritation.
- Weightlessness in space causes blood shift in astronautsThe team of researchers found that the shift of blood and fluid from the lower to the upper body caused by weightlessness was much higher t...
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