Going to the bathroom in microgravity is anything but simple. Doing your business requires some surprisingly sophisticated machinery, including a suction fan, funnel, bucket, and plastic liners. Given ...

The day-to-day life of astronauts has long been a source of fascination and inquiry for people on Earth. Life on the International Space Station (ISS) is no exception. The ISS itself has been in orbit ...

Research headed by Elisabeth Grohmann of Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin shows that a new antimicrobial substance could eliminate bacteria on surfaces. Surfaces like the bathroom door.

This past week, a crew of private space tourists — carried by a vehicle built by SpaceX and operated by Axiom Space — arrived at the International Space Station for the vacation of a lifetime. And ...