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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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

US researchers have created the first 3D map of the microbes on the International Space Station, finding a lack of microbial ...

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

And Musk's focus on Mars as the next destination for humanity after low Earth orbit should come as no surprise; the billionaire has long had the Red Planet in his sights. In a December X post, for ...

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 ...

As chairman of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Cruz effectively has control over Isaacman's ...