If you're a space buff but haven't already seen the 1995 film "Apollo 13," it's worth the watch. It recreates the near-disaster mission marked by an oxygen tank explosion and emergency ocean-landing ...

It's a long trip to the red planet and space is tight, but eating well could require just a few simple ingredients.

Billionaires make it seem that we have all the tech we need to settle on the moon and Mars. But the hard part of living in space is adapting the human body to extraterrestrial conditions. Business ...

Taking care of the plants in your indoor or outdoor garden is not an easy task, as it requires a lot of attention. One must know everything about the plant's specific needs, including the right amount ...

Being weightless affects everything from the way food tastes to getting a good night's sleep. Here's what it's like to spend months in space. Ask any astronaut who has spent extended periods in the ...

Living in microgravity changes the human body — and usually for the worse. Bone density decreases, muscles atrophy, and eyes swell, to name a few of the physical side effects of long-duration ...

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969 that laid the foundation for humans to walk on the ...

In March, American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will partner up on seven research experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) for the duration of one year.

Expedition 53 crewmates Nichole Ayers and Takuya Onishi take part in an educational outreach downlink from the International Space Station, as seen from behind the scene. Nichole Ayers with NASA and ...

Tim Peake is the first Briton to do a space walk. Astronauts Timothy Kopra and Timothy Peake at the International Space Station were scheduled to begin their spacewalk at 7:48am on Jan. 15, 2016.

Feb. 27, 2012 — -- The shrimp cocktail on the space shuttle must really have been something. On a two-week flight in 2006, astronaut Mark Polansky asked to have it on his menu every day. For ...