Space travel

Astronauts report their tastes change in space which reduces their appetite and nutrition, so researchers are creating pioneering space food for long-term missions

Australian research on plants and food for space could provide vital fresh, nutritious and delicious meals for astronauts on Moon and Mars missions

Unfolding spacecraft, artificial gravity, and space disease all feature on Netflix’s series ‘Away’, but how much of the action is true to life?

As NASA announces its aim to have humans on Mars by the 2030s via a Deep Space Gateway - humans who make the long space journey will experience health risks we’ve never faced before

Now we know the answer: It’s blowing in the (solar) winds

The discovery of liquid water on the Red Planet is an important step in the search for life on our planetary neighbour, but it will take many more missions before we might find anything