The junior space cadet may scream out in the night as he dreams man’s ancient dream of falling through space, but he usually wakes up, at worst, on the floor, with nothing more than a slight bump. The ...

Space is the only true weightless environment. On Earth, where experiments can be performed more easily, models are designed to simulate the weightless environment as accurately as possible.

In 1963, France launched Félicette, the first cat into space aboard a Véronique AGI 47 rocket. Her 13-minute suborbital ...

The ESA will be testing a protein powder called Solein, which contains a compound found in urine, on a mission aboard the ISS.