Researchers plan to employ them as producers of food, antibiotics, other materials for astronauts on deep space missions.
NASA wants the future of spaceflight to be commercial — including the ISS
Could this be the key to ensuring that the ISS lives long and prosper?
Rodents race around cage in NASA microgravity experiment
That looks like a lot of fun!
The International Space Station is teeming with bacteria and fungi
Step 1: live on hairless primate.
Step 2: wait for said primate to go to space.
Step 3: PROFIT!
First Crew Dragon launch and docking a success for SpaceX
These are exciting times for SpaceX
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on the ISS — they’ve been up there for at least two years
In space, no one can hear you sneeze.
The International Space Station just launched a harpoon-toting satellite to keep it safe from space junk
Few problems will persist after a generous application of stabbings.
All countries in the world invited to join on the China Space Station
It should be ready by the mid-2020s.
NASA is sending sperm to the ISS — here’s why
The first step to making spacebabies is to know if we can actually do it.
Russian cosmonauts accidentally set a new spacewalk record while repairing old radio antenna
It’s the longest Russian spacewalk and the fifth-longest spacewalk in human spaceflight history.
Russia is planning to offer tourists a trip to the ISS, spacewalks included
It would cost around $100 million a pop, though.
Japanese astronaut didn’t actually grow 3½” taller after only three weeks in space [UPDATE]
The astronaut apologized for the ‘fake news’.
NASA astronauts start spacewalk — with live footage
You can watch it live here.
Hewlett Packard supercomputer to be delivered to the ISS next Monday
Time to dust off that old Skyrim dvd.
This video ISS astronauts shot of the norther lights is just the thing to brighten up your day
Nature, being ridiculously cool since forever.
Morning glory seeds are hardy enough to survive in space, experiment reveals
Seeds — the tiny bunkers of life.
Adorable NASA robocube will float and do the housekeeping aboard the ISS
More like robocute, am I right?
First artwork to be made in space is now orbiting above all our heads
“A laugh star floating in space, above all our heads, is my attempt to create a contemporary metaphor for the hanging ‘Sword of Damocles,’ a reminder that the beauty of human life is so fragile.”
Russian-launched Progress resupply module crashes on-route to the ISS
Nobody was hurt and no one is starving but it’s never fun when this happens.
Amazing photos of Exp 49 astronauts touching down on Earth after 115 days in space
One skilled photographer shows what coming to Earth feels like.
