Learn how the excessive cleanliness of the International Space Station poses health problems for astronauts and why ...

Adding more microbes to the ISS could actually benefit the astronauts who spend time there, new research suggests.The Latest ...

The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing important microbes, a new detailed map shows. If ...

The ISS’s microbial environment most closely resembles a hospital isolation room. It could be making astronauts sick.

Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, ...

Elon Musk's latest space-related hammer throw is to call for it to be deorbited as soon as two years from now.

The International Space Station may be too sterile – and the astronauts on board could benefit from it being a little dirtier ...

Sterilisation protocols kill helpful microbes and may cause immune dysfunction, skin rashes and inflammatory conditions in ...

Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that these issues could be due to the excessively sterile ...

Hundreds of surface swabs reveal the station lacks microbial diversity, an imbalance that has been linked to health issues in other settings.

US researchers have created the first 3D map of the microbes on the International Space Station, finding a lack of microbial diversity could be causing astronauts to get rashes, cold sores and other ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s call to crash the ISS into the seas in 2027 is a bombshell proposal that, if echoed by NASA, will trigger a backlash across the Station allies.