The embryos cannot develop into humans, and are being used to study development in outer space.

China sent synthetic human embryos to its space station this month, the first experiment of its kind. The goal is to determine whether one of the earliest stages of human development can withstand ...

A human embryo at roughly three to four weeks of development. The Tiangong experiment uses stem cell-derived embryo models at ...

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts are tackling one of the most important medical questions facing future ...

The work could also have implications for future space missions, where fluids may behave differently under reduced gravity ...

In May 2026, Starfighters Space, Inc. and Mu-g Technologies, LLC expanded their partnership, with Starfighters supporting Mu-g’s modified Dassault Falcon 50 parabolic flight test program from its ...

Varda Space Industries has signed its first major agreement with a pharmaceutical company to develop improved drugs in microgravity.

Two researchers will launch from Spaceport America to conduct the first-ever quantitative study on menstruation in microgravity.

As space travel gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, studying its effects on health has become increasingly critical. Is space travel truly safe? Far from ...

A new study by NASA intends to examine the detrimental effects of microgravity on the immune system, by studying the blood of rats and blue mussels over the course of a prolonged stay aboard the ...