There's a particular kind of knowledge that only comes from leaving everything you've ever known behind. Not by reading about it, not by watching footage on a screen, but by actually sitting inside a ...

Astronauts experience things that most people can only dream about, or even imagine. What did you want to be when you were a child? A lot of the time, we all shared the same answers, and without a ...

On Earth, people grip objects to ensure they don't fall. In space, this process changes: When astronauts hold an object without moving it and then let go, the object doesn't fall because there is no ...

In 2024, I flew on a microgravity, or zero G, parabolic flight with the European Space Agency (ESA). The aeroplane flew big arcs up and down in the sky. At the top of the arc I experienced 22 seconds ...

As humanity heads back to the moon, scientists are trying to understand the impact that being in space can have on the brain. Research has shown that spaceflight can temporarily change the brain’s ...