Humans have evolved alongside microbes in Earth's environment that help strengthen our immune systems. But sterile living ...

The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing important microbes, a new detailed map shows. If ...

The ISS’s microbial environment most closely resembles a hospital isolation room. It could be making astronauts sick.

Adding more microbes to the ISS could actually benefit the astronauts who spend time there, new research suggests.The Latest ...

Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, ...

Axiom Space, in collaboration with NASA, is fast-tracking the transition to an independent, commercial space station. By ...

China's space station will welcome its first foreign astronaut in the next few years, state news agency Xinhua reported, after China and Pakistan on Friday signed a cooperation agreement on the ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s call to crash the ISS into the seas in 2027 is a bombshell proposal that, if echoed by NASA, will trigger a backlash across the Station allies.

DOGE leader and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said it's time to speed up preparations to deorbit the International Space Station.

Hundreds of surface swabs reveal the station lacks microbial diversity, an imbalance that has been linked to health issues in other settings.

Elon Musk's latest space-related hammer throw is to call for it to be deorbited as soon as two years from now.

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that these issues could be due to the excessively sterile ...