The vacuum of space is unforgiving, and time is not on your side. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Many of us have dreamed ...

Several Earth-dwelling creatures, from microscopic tardigrades to lab mice, exhibit remarkable resilience in the face of ...

If their only job is to stay alive, regardless of their ability to perform any meaningful work, then it is just a matter of survival. In this case, people could survive in space for quite a long time.

Aurora art teacher wins international NASA contest with drawing that will now orbit Earth in ISS Inside Mr. McCauley's art class at Aurora Frontier P-8, kids are encouraged to use their imagination.

McCauley's drawing is currently hanging near a Space Station observation window looking out at Earth, but will eventually be mailed back to him. "I'll get the actual piece of paper that was up in ...

In 2007, they became the first animals to survive exposure to outer space after a Russian crewless capsule ferried 3,000 living tardigrades on a European mission to low Earth orbit, and exposed ...

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite CU Boulder PhD student Dezell Turner seen through the augmented reality rig he’s been using to make software that can help people chart pathways into space. Feb. 22, 2024.

Sci-fi movies and shows, including " 2001: A Space Odyssey " and " The Expanse," have portrayed astronauts suffering — and surviving — short exposures to outer space without a spacesuit, while ...