A spoonful of miso, rich with umami and history, made its way around the International Space Station. There, 250 miles above Earth, the centuries-old traditional Japanese food encountered the ...

As amazing as the James Webb Space Telescope is, its primary mirror is only 6.5 meters in diameter. Even then, the mirror had to have foldable components to fit into the launch rocket. In contrast ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Marlon Sorge of The Aerospace Corporation, which researches space debris issues including who is responsible when man-made objects fall from space. A 1,000-pound metal ...

The “space miso” had a similar umami, or savoriness, to miso made on Earth. But according to the researchers who sampled it, there was a key difference: a stronger roasted and nutty flavor.

Researchers successfully made miso on the International Space Station (ISS). They found that the miso smelled and tasted similar to miso fermented on Earth -- just with a slightly nuttier ...

While spacecraft like the International Space Station are fascinating — traveling at around 17,500 mph — plenty of faster human-made objects are out in space right now. The only humans on ...

heralding a new age of commercial space operations. Built and operated by SpaceLogistics LLC, a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, MEV-1 had already made history on February 25, 2020 when it docked with ...