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

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

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

Learn how the excessive cleanliness of the International Space Station poses health problems for astronauts and why ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is too clean and should be made dirtier to keep astronauts healthy, scientists have ...

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

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.

Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91) will deliver three tons of "gifts" (food, fuel, and supplies) for the space station crew on ...

The International Space Station may be too sterile – and the astronauts on board could benefit from it being a little dirtier ...

"We hope the impact of this research will be to guide future studies that keep astronauts healthy during extended space ...

Russia launched its first spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025 on Friday. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket ...

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 ...