Drinking water in zero gravity isn’t as simple as lifting a cup. In microgravity, liquids behave in ways that feel completely ...

The parabolic flight travels up and down several times on a trajectory resembling an arch, providing 22 seconds of zero ...

Thanks to not-so-recent advances in technology, we can shoot just about anything into space, or at the very least into Earth's orbit. At first, we launched spy satellites during the Cold War, but once ...

You may have heard people say that aboard the International Space Station (ISS) there's "zero gravity," but in fact, gravity is still very much present. The station orbits Earth at an altitude of ...

For astronauts to go on long missions to the moon or Mars, they need a refrigerator. But today’s fridges aren’t designed to work in zero gravity or upside down if oriented that way when a spacecraft ...

Space travel is heating up, both by NASA and private enterprises, with bold adventurers and scientists looking to eventually send humans to Mars. One of the challenges of such a multiyear mission in ...