NASA-backed research finds jump training grows cartilage by 26%, protecting astronauts' knees for Mars missions. Could ...

Previous research has shown that treadmill running may help slow cartilage breakdown in rodents. The new Johns Hopkins study ...

The new study, appearing in the journal NPJ Microgravity, showed that engaging in jumping exercises boosted knee cartilage in ...

Take a road trip through Nevada to this moon-like crater used by NASA astronauts as a training ground to prepare them for the ...

NASA's two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned. The space agency said Tuesday that SpaceX ...

There are many difficult things about sending humans to space, from dealing with health effects on the human body to the risks of launch and landing to keeping astronauts well-fed and supplied.

But the Starliner, built as part of a NASA program to develop independent commercial crew ships to ferry astronauts to and from the space station, ran into propulsion problems and helium leaks ...

NASA is preparing the Orion spacecraft for its first crewed flight around the moon. Here's how astronauts will fly it.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to make history as the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space ...

By Kenneth Chang Since 1978, every new group of NASA astronauts has included women and usually reflected a multiplicity of races and ethnicities. That is not simply by chance. NASA’s process for ...

Animal study shows jumping exercises can protect astronauts from cartilage damage and boost bone strength during long space ...