Gaganyaan astronaut-designate and airforce pilot, Shubhanshu Shukla, will juggle tardigrades, algae, and spindly human muscle cells in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS ...

In the early hours of 19 April 1975, the mood at the Soviet military launch site of Kapustin Yar — a space test facility north of the Caspian Sea — was heavy with anticipation. Scientists and ...