A UA research team conducted an experiment it designed with NASA during the first week of June. The microgravity research team was one of 18 teams to participate in NASA’s highly competitive Reduced ...

Some of the first experiments in space dealt with gravity and weightlessness. They were somewhat simple studies to test the new environment. Alan Shepard was the first man to hit a golf ball on the ...

The International Space Station (ISS) welcomes scientific guests, that is, experimental modules that have reserved berths in the ISS’s payload racks. In a sense, the ISS is a scientific cruise ship.

Being an astronaut looks like an exciting and glamorous career. But have you ever thought about the dangers that these people face by being exposed to extreme conditions, such as radiation and ...

The mascara sitting on your dressing table won't be safe to use after a few months from now. As for that block of cheese or those apples sitting in your refrigerator, it won’t even take months. If ...