The ISS’s microbial environment most closely resembles a hospital isolation room. It could be making astronauts sick.

The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing important microbes, a new detailed map shows. If ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is too clean and should be made dirtier to keep astronauts healthy, scientists have ...

The International Space Station may be too sterile – and the astronauts on board could benefit from it being a little dirtier ...

Learn how the excessive cleanliness of the International Space Station poses health problems for astronauts and why ...

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that these issues could be due to the excessively sterile ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s call to crash the ISS into the seas in 2027 is a bombshell proposal that, if echoed by NASA, will trigger a backlash across the Station allies.

Humans have been living continuously in space for nearly 25 years, with astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the ...

Russia launched its first spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025 on Friday. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket ...

NASA's International Space Station (ISS) is a marvel of engineering, housing advanced scientific research and highlighting ...

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Axiom Space, in collaboration with NASA, is fast-tracking the transition to an independent, commercial space station. By ...