Astronauts on the International Space Station have a number of exercise options, including a mechanical bicycle bolted to the floor, a weightlifting machine strapped to the wall, and a strap-down ...

As humans have ventured out into the great unknown, we’ve had to make some serious technological advancements. Space travel is no exception, if anything, space offers a challenge that dwarfs-flight ...

Here on the surface of Earth our options to alter gravity are limited. Well, not even "limited," really, they're pretty much nonexistent. In space, things change a bit, and we know the basic ...

Living and working in space for extended periods of time presents a number of challenges. These include radiation, as locations beyond Earth's protective magnetosphere are exposed to greater levels of ...

Heading into space means leaving Earth's gravity behind. Astronauts floating around on the International Space Station might look like they're having fun in the weightless environment, but a lack of ...

A lunar-style city, complete with artificial gravity, has been created with the promise of one day allowing for babies to be born on the Moon. The 1,300-foot-tall rotating building, conceived by ...

Above: Orbital, which designs and develops adaptable, space-based platforms for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers, successfully completed a test of its proprietary cold gas ...

Humans have been traveling to space for more than six decades now, and for a large part of that timeframe, some of us have even been living up there. But despite the many years that have passed since ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Star ...

Engineers have built a compact human centrifuge with an exercise component: a cycle ergometer that a person can pedal as the centrifuge spins. The centrifuge was sized to just fit inside a module of ...