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By Tereza Pultarova Published
Sperm struggles to find its way to an egg in microgravity, suggesting mammalian reproduction in space may not be possible.

By Andrew Jones Published
Zhang Lu matched Chen Dong's tally of six spacewalks as he and crewmate Wu Fei completed a seven-hour excursion outside China's space station.

By Mike Wall Published
Congress is pushing to extend the International Space Station's life by two years, to give commercial outposts more time to step into its shoes.

By Rachael Seidler, Tianyi (Erik) Wang Published
Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.

By Mike Wall Published
Vast has raised $500 million in new funding, which the California startup will put toward its goal of getting private space stations up and running in Earth orbit.

By Jeff Spry Published
NASA has severe penalties for those who dare to deal in astromaterials.

By Mike Wall Published
NASA has replaced two bigwigs in its human spaceflight program, just a week after releasing a report criticizing how the agency handled the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi.

By Josh Dinner Published
It wasn't an emergency, but the issue required "immediate attention."

By Leonard David Published
Crew members of China's Shenzhou-20 mission recently detailed their reactions upon finding cracks in their spacecraft's viewport during the nation's first spaceflight emergency.
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