According to Daily Mail, space travel is often hailed as one of humanity’s greatest achievements — but it has a darker side. It significantly impacts our body’s cells, speeding up…

ACROMNIA Studio blends design, architecture, and creative vision across the real and digital worlds. In their latest project, the ACROMNIA Orbital Hotel, the designers have brought to life one version…

Space changes miso’s flavor in surprising ways. Researchers conducted an experiment to prepare the famous Japanese paste simultaneously on Earth and aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The results revealed…

In space, astronauts face many challenges. Some are life-threatening; others are just odd. One of the odder ones is how food tastes. Astronauts often describe meals eaten in microgravity as…

Space exploration has long been a cornerstone of blockbuster science fiction—from the iconic “Interstellar” to “The Martian.” Anyone captivated by the cosmos probably dreams of seeing the universe up close,…

A Japanese company, Iwaya Giken, is offering tours for thrill-seekers who want to see Earth the way astronauts do. Adventure-seeking tourists will pay $180,000 for a few hours in a…

The European Space Agency’s annual report on the space environment warns that space debris is increasing rapidly. There are far more nonfunctional satellites than working ones, which makes the problem…

California space-tech company SpinLaunch is testing a massive spinning cannon for its latest project. It’s planning to launch hundreds of pancake-shaped mini-satellites into space. The first orbital demo is set…

A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego reached a surprising conclusion. Typically, space explorers live on the station for about six months. However, NASA astronauts Suniti…

The infrared telescope SPHEREx launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. NASA announced that the SPHEREx satellite will complement the James Webb Space…

Commercial flights on the Delta SpaceShip will begin next summer. A ticket for a tourist seat will cost $600,000. The waiting list for those eager to take the trip is…

As children, many of us dreamed of going into space when we grew up. But life aboard space stations—especially the ISS—isn’t as romantic or glamorous as it seems. That could…

This launch is a preliminary test of using wood for space research. The palm-sized device weighs one kilogram and is intended to inform plans for the Moon and Mars. The…

Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) remembered building strange creations with Lego as kids. Inspired by those memories, they developed a new building material for constructing structures on the…

Astronauts on long missions could make spacewalks easier thanks to a new device. The Stillsuit system, inspired by the device from the sci‑fi film Dune (2000), collects urine, purifies it,…

Recently, leading global media reported that a team of researchers from the University of Trento (Italy) discovered a “secret” cave. The cylindrical, 100-meter-deep cavity, as wide as a football field,…

Catherine “Keddy” Coleman is the NASA astronaut who advised Sandra Bullock during filming of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2013 movie Gravity. In her book The Space Between, Coleman—who once served on the…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced plans to grow agricultural crops on the Moon. Astronauts on the 2026 Artemis III mission will try to grow cress, duckweed,…

In microgravity, familiar things behave in weird ways. Flames form spheres, human bones lose density, and calluses on the feet disappear. Various liquids also act strangely. It’s no surprise a…

The ecological satellite LignoSat resembles a toy that has been taken out of a box of wooden blocks. Researchers at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry created it. Their…

Korean inventors have proposed a new concept for futuristic cuisine, space food, and service. Students at Honkik University have created robots that will serve travelers during extraterrestrial journeys. Young robotics…

After a spacewalk, astronauts returning to the ISS often describe an unexpected smell. They compare it to burnt steak, spent gunpowder, or hot metal. Why does space smell like that?…

HouseWife has covered space tourism extensively, including hot-air balloon trips. The rise of startups offering high-altitude flights is driven by the topic’s huge popularity and the large number of people…

Tourists who want to reach for the stars can now have lunch or dinner in the stratosphere, enjoying a view of Earth from an altitude of 25 kilometers. In 2024,…

A British team is planning an ambitious underwater science platform called Sentinel. Its creators envision it functioning like the International Space Station—but underwater instead of in orbit. The base could…

People find ways to be intimate in unlikely places. So as space tourism grows, it’s likely the first sex in space will happen. But scientists warn space tourism companies haven’t…

The first space factory has launched, aimed at producing pharmaceuticals in microgravity. A capsule will return the finished products to Earth. The first one is in orbit Varda Space Industries…

The Japanese company Iwaya Giken is launching tours for thrill-seekers who want to see the Earth from an astronaut’s perspective. A few-hour flight in a piloted capsule attached to a…

Recently, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered into orbit a 50-kilogram Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD) developed by scientists at Caltech, along with 116 satellites. Researchers from this institute are…

We don’t think about the oxygen in the air — our green friends, plants, take care of that. But what will supply oxygen on a spacecraft when it breaks away…