"We hope the impact of this research will be to guide future studies that keep astronauts healthy during extended space travel and in colonizing space."

The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing important microbes, a new detailed map shows. If we want to live off Earth, we may need to take more of our bacterial frien

Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan will launch its first space-manned expedition to China's space station in partnership

China's Tiangong space station is expected to welcome its first foreign visitor — a Pakistani astronaut who will likely become the first from the Islamic republic to fly to outer space, according to a heavyweight cooperation agreement.

The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other issues. As a result, trekking beyond the Earth's confines causes many physiological changes that affect an astronaut's health.

There may be logic in keeping spacecraft as sterile as possible, but this could inadvertently be affecting astronauts' health

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

The International Space Station is too clean, and making it “dirtier” could improve astronauts’ health, claims new research. They often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space.

Some of the health effects astronauts suffer on the International Space Station (ISS) may not be a consequence of weightlessness, as previously thought, but of the ISS being too clean, a new study proposes.