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Is the ISS Too Clean for Astronauts’ Health? New Study Finds the Space Station Lacks Microbial Diversity
Humans have evolved alongside microbes in Earth's environment that help strengthen our immune systems. But sterile living ...
Elon Musk calls for deorbiting of the ISS. Here's what the space station does
Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, ...
Recent ISS findings address drug stability in space and astronaut balance after spaceflight
International Space Station researchers continue to share their new discoveries. Their recent findings include results in the ...
The ISS is overly sterile: Making it 'dirtier' could improve astronaut health
Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A ...
The ISS might have too few germs, new study claims
New research claims there may be too few germs on the ISS, which could actually be negatively impacting astronaut health.
Should the International Space Station be dirtier?
The ISS’s microbial environment most closely resembles a hospital isolation room. It could be making astronauts sick.
Axiom’s Free-Flying Space Station Is Breaking Away From the ISS Sooner Than Expected
Axiom Space, in collaboration with NASA, is fast-tracking the transition to an independent, commercial space station. By ...
Sunita Williams is returning to Earth on… : Know how and when NASA astronaut will return from space
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth in March 2025 from the ISS after delays with the ...
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Belyayev's birthday 'candle': Russia launches ISS cargo ship with logo honoring cosmonaut's centennial (video)
Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91) will deliver three tons of "gifts" (food, fuel, and supplies) for the space station crew on ...
Crashing Space Station In 2027 Will Trigger Backlash Across ISS Allies
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.
Watch: NASA astronaut Don Pettit’s video of water droplets orbiting a needle in space stuns internet – “Zero gravity is so dope”
NASA astronaut Don Pettit conducted a fascinating experiment on the ISS, demonstrating how charged water droplets circle a ...
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The International Space Station is overly sterile; making it 'dirtier' could improve astronaut health
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 ...