Astronauts will be making sake on the ISS — and a cosmic bottle will cost $650,000
Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.
Tag: microgravity
Mice in space grow thinner skin and more hair, but how safe is micro-g for humans?
Six mice were spent 91 days on board the Internationals Space Station in 2009, or seven years in the life ...
How fire burns in zero gravity
In space, of course, you can't have any fires because there isn't any oxidizer (i.e. oxygen) to sustain the combustion ...
Aboard the ISS: how to wash your hair in space
Every little thing we hold for granted here on familiar ground and gravity is different in space. Take washing your ...
Russian crafts lands safely on earth – most mice, gerbils and other critters perish aboard perished
In April, the Russian space agency launched the Bion-M craft which carried quite a few mice, gerbils, newts, snails and ...
3D printing in space might save astronauts a whole lot of trouble
The 3D printing revolution is right around the corner. While we might still be a few years away from seeing ...
