NASA and research partners are exploring menstrual cups for future flights. A single cup needs very little storage space.

Astronauts need sunglasses to protect their eyes from intense solar radiation in space. Space shades also help astronauts adapt to extreme light conditions and reduce glare. Astronaut sunglasses are ...

It's been 286 days since astronauts Sonny Williams and Butch Wilmore have felt the pull of Earth's gravity. Gravity is really, really tough, tough, learning to live with it, but also without it. Our ...

After more than nine-months on the International Space Station, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams — the famed Starliner astronauts — are finally back on solid ground. After their unexpected situation, ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally back on Earth after spending more than nine months in orbit on the International Space Station, splashing down off the coast of Florida on ...

Most people never think twice about doing laundry, unless they are in space. While life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is full of scientific marvels, one strange reality has recently ...

It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ...

Feb. 27, 2012 — -- The shrimp cocktail on the space shuttle must really have been something. On a two-week flight in 2006, astronaut Mark Polansky asked to have it on his menu every day. For ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally returned to Earth after spending a total of 286 days in space MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty It was a momentous homecoming for NASA ...

Both Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain posted photos in May on social media site X that they captured of lightning roiling far, far beneath them. The photos were captured at speeds of 120 frames per ...

It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ...