It's official! Space travel increases the brain size of astronauts, even when they're back on Mother Earth
That might sound like good news, but it's not. Size isn't everything
15 Apr 2020
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Do you want to be an astronaut when you grow up? Yeah, you and 12,000 others: NASA flooded with folks hoping to visit Moon, Mars
Cramped conditions? Not being able to see friends and family? Sounds familiar
02 Apr 2020
Ever dream of being an astronaut? Now’s your chance. NASA wants new people for the Moon and Mars
You'll need a STEM degree and the ability to be a steely-eyed rocket person
13 Feb 2020
Yay, you lose weight and get rad hardened in space! Nay, your genes go awry and your brain slows down when you return to Earth!
NASA Twin Study explores space and Earth poop in twins
12 Apr 2019
I studied hard, I trained for years. Yay, now I'm an astronaut in space. Argggh, leukemia!
Only veteran 'nauts should think about going to Mars, judging by this research
28 Jan 2019
Flying to Mars will be so rad, dude: Year-long trip may dump 60% lifetime dose of radiation on you
Cancer, brain damage, a bad back ... it's all for a good cause
20 Sep 2018
That's no moon... er, that's an asteroid. And it'll be your next and final home, spacefarer
Let's take a peek at your cosmic Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
26 Apr 2018
2018's first spacewalk bugged by software
Replacement robot hand didn't work, so they turned it off, and yes, turned it back on again
24 Jan 2018
RIP John Young: NASA's longest-serving 'naut explores final frontier
ObitSpacefaring veteran flew into space six times, once with a corned beef sarnie
09 Jan 2018
Going to Mars may give you cancer, warns doc
Quick, let the Daily Mail know – add the Red Planet to cereal, cheese, tea, joy and other crazy carcinogens you must avoid
06 Jun 2017
RIP John Glenn: First American in orbit – and later, the oldest, too
ObitLast of the Mercury 7 crew passes on
09 Dec 2016
Russia investigates downsizing space station crew from three to two
You're fired – into space
17 Aug 2016
Mars One puts 100 Red Planet corpses colonists through fresh tests
Out-of-this-world bonkers reality show starts the cameras rolling
07 Jun 2016
NASA stormed by 18,000 wannabe 'nauts
Record number of applicants for 2017 class
22 Feb 2016
Apply online to go to Mars. No, seriously
Are you made of the right stuff? Probably not
14 Dec 2015
Fancy flying to Mars? NASA's hiring
Seeks next generations of 'nauts
05 Nov 2015
SPACED OUT: NASA's manned Orion podule pushed back to 2023
Red planet? Don't hold your breath, people
17 Sep 2015
HAM IN SPAAAAAACE! ISS astronaut contacted by Gloucestershire bloke in garden shed
Sadly, wife hates hobby ‘with a passion’
06 Aug 2015
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