On Thursday, three decades will have passed since seven astronauts lost their lives onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. A WJXT original documentary looks back at that day to see what went so ...

Thirty years ago on January 28, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launch. One of those seven astronauts was Christa McAuliffe.

This too is not sufficient, however, as most of the astronauts eventually experience weight fluctuation and have difficulty adjusting to the effects on their bodies from space. Blood ...

explaining that most astronauts’ bodies recover within the 45-day period. During that time they’ll be working to reacquaint their bodies with Earth’s gravity, and addressing other ...

For decades, NASA’s Human Research Program has analyzed what happens to astronauts’ bodies while they’re in space. The biggest challenge for astronauts is dealing with how the fluids in a ...