Astronauts face unique challenges during space missions, and their sleep patterns are no exception. A recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, and NASA Ames ...

Being conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA), the study will see volunteers not using their feet for 60 days in a bid ...

Their invention, the pineal gland simulator and regulator — or “Pinacal” — simulates the effects of sunset and sunrise in ...

Another challenge of long-duration missions is staying mentally healthy. Astronauts are often confined to small spaces for ...