15 Foods Astronauts Eat Every Day When They’re in Space

Astronauts need a balanced diet to stay healthy and strong while they’re in space, and that’s no easy task. Since cooking is ...

What It’s Like to Sleep in Zero Gravity (When You’re Not an Astronaut)

Zero-gravity sleeping is a reclined position where your head and upper body are elevated at about a 40-degree angle, while ...
New York Post

Astronaut Butch Wilmore’s daughter reveals how he’s adjusting to gravity: ‘He’s a trooper’

Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore is “doing good” but is having a “rough” time adjusting to gravity after his prolonged nine-month stint in outer space, his daughter revealed. Daryn Wilmore provided an ...

Retired NASA astronaut brings zero-gravity tales to Danbury students: 'Fly like Superman'

None of his previous flights were anything like being rocketed into space, facing upward, quickly accelerating to 17,500 mph, ...

Astronaut shows off yo-yo moves in zero gravity aboard space station

From aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Don Pettit shared footage of himself playing with a yo-yo in zero ...

Living in space causes astronauts’ brains to shift inside their skulls

On Earth, gravity constantly pulls fluids in your body and your brain toward the center of the Earth. In space, that force ...
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What happens to an astronaut's body while in space and after they arrive back on Earth?

It's been 286 days since astronauts Sonny Williams and Butch Wilmore have felt the pull of Earth's gravity. Gravity is really, really tough, tough, learning to live with it, but also without it. Our ...
The Conversation on MSN

How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? – ...