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

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

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 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 ...

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

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

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

There are many potential dangers of life in space for astronauts including exposure to radiation, the mental health impacts ...

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 ...

The microgravity of the ISS allows for unique science experiments. Elon Musk called this week for the deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS) "as soon as possible." "It is time to ...