SpaceX tested the Plug and Plaser device for the first time in space last year on the Polaris Dawn mission, which was most ...

Before humans can colonize the moon or Mars, scientists and engineers must first develop techniques for building permanent ...

Over the past eight months, crewmembers have completed simulator training on the mission, operations in high gravity ... a potential food source for future Mars missions. The SpaceXray study ...

This simulated image captured at the Beijing Aerospace ... space-induced changes in regeneration processes and examine gravity's impact on cell proliferation, migration and differentiation ...

Planetary scientists recently simulated ... just beyond Mars would throw all the smaller rocky worlds of the inner solar system completely out of whack; the super-Earth's gravity would push ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to ...

In an experiment simulating harsh Martian conditions, including X-ray radiation, scientists discovered that certain lichens ...

The research focuses on two lichen species, Diploschistes muscorum and Cetraria aculeata, selected for their differing traits, exposing them to Mars-like conditions for five hours in a simulation ...

A recent experiment has shown that certain lichen species can remain metabolically active in an environment similar to that ...