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 ...

Space changes the rules for almost everything, including how a robot should move. On Earth, legs help us stand, balance and walk across a room. In microgravity, those same legs lose much of their ...

The International Space Station offers a unique environment in microgravity for astronauts to study an official FIFA World Cup soccer ball. Astronauts recently conducted experiments aimed to improve ...

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 ...

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 ...