A study from UT Southwestern Medical Center shows that daily exercise during long-duration spaceflight can help preserve astronaut heart function under conditions similar to a future Mars mission. The ...

Astronauts may be able to arrive on Mars with hearts strong enough to handle the planet’s gravity after months in space if they keep exercising along the way. A study co-led by a UT Southwestern ...

Intense exercise during long spaceflights helps maintain heart structure and function within a range needed to tolerate the low-gravity environment of Mars, a study co-led by a UT Southwestern Medical ...

These 17 astronaut myths reveal what humans really can and can't do in orbit, from crying, sleeping and even going to the ...

Astronaut hip fractures were more common after missions of 90 days or more, at a rate men on Earth usually reach a decade or more later.

DALLAS – Sept. 23, 2026 – Intense exercise during long spaceflights helps to maintain heart structure and function within a range needed to tolerate the low-gravity environment of Mars, a study co-led ...