Sleep deficiency is pervasive among astronauts before and during space flight, and the reported incidence of sleep-promoting medication use is 20 times greater than the proportion of Americans ...

Russian astronaut Vasily Tsibliyev hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for 12 days. He was being kept awake on purpose, as part of a study about sleeping on board the space station Mir. On the 13th day, ...

Nasa astronaut and International Space Station (ISS) commander Sunita Williams is participating in groundbreaking research to monitor sleep patterns in space using cutting-edge technology. As ...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on Tuesday after spending nine months in space. The two were stranded on the International Space Station after their Boeing spaceship malfunctioned ...

It's hard being in space. You're isolated from friends and loved ones, your mitochondria get damaged, you get dumber, and you might just get stranded for months at a time (and get under $1,500 for it) ...