Exercise looks a little different en route to the Red Planet, so Professor Marni Boppart got creative. Boppart and her colleagues at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology received ...

With NASA preparing to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, researchers are studying the physical effects of spending long periods in space. Now a new study by scientists at UT Southwestern shows that ...

Exercising on a satellite floating 200 miles above the surface of the planet presents some unique challenges. But working out is so essential to counter the adverse effects of weightlessness on the ...

Astronauts visiting the International Space Station (ISS) usually stay for about six months. The microgravity conditions aboard the ISS mean that muscle will quickly waste away if a strict exercise ...

A team of Rice engineering students has designed an innovative space exercise harness that won this year's Technology Collaboration Center’s Wearables Workshop and University Challenge. Their design ...

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released the results of the nation's first end-to-end Space Weather Tabletop Exercise (TTX), held in May 2024. The ...

The briefing starts at 3:30 p.m. ET today (June 20). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA will discuss the results of a recent ...

Take a look at the picture below. It shows an astronaut wearing a harness while using a treadmill on the International Space Station. Why do you think she needs that harness? This astronaut on the ISS ...