Is There a Limit to How Long Humans Can Survive in Space?
How long could a person endure life during a deep-space voyage? And in the worst-case scenario, what would happen if someone ...
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‘Life on Mars?’ Is More Than a David Bowie Song—It’s a Question Humans Keep Asking
Following the 1990s discovery that Mars had once been a watery oasis in the solar system’s habitable zone, NASA devised a ...
NASA New Study Challenges RNA's Role in Life’s Molecular Handedness Mystery
NASA-funded study examines RNA's role in amino acid handedness. Research shows no bias for left- or right-handed amino acids ...
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NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, ...
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Space station developers weigh in on NASA’s continuous presence rethink
Commercial space station developers are questioning whether NASA’s reconsideration of continuous human presence in low Earth orbit risks holding back International Space Station alternatives.
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Space Travel Slows Thinking Speed. But Astronauts Can Still Complete Tasks Accurately, Says New NASA Study
The study’s results offer reassurance for long duration space time. Although astronauts work in an environment unlike any on ...
NASA Astronauts Silent on Mysterious Illness After ISS Return
In March, three NASA astronauts were sent to the International Space Station to monitor the arrival of two rockets over six ...
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Houston, Our Brains Don’t Work So Great Up Here
As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the Moon as part of its Artemis program, the plan is to establish a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface, and to travel to Mars from there.
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Recent Photos of Stranded NASA Astronauts Have People Concerned
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams embarked on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in ...
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Stranded NASA Astronaut Tells World Not to Worry About Weight-Loss Reports
"All NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are in good health," says the agency's chief health and medical ...
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Being Human
This work was commissioned, produced, and edited by The Atlantic's editorial staff. Support for this work was provided in part by the organizations listed here. BRCA mutations are inextricably ...