This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. What does it take to launch into space? Other ...

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Rowan University research explores growing pharmaceutical crystals aboard the International Space Station, using microgravity ...

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China said Thursday it’s on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced the next crew of astronauts who ...

(above) Flight Attendant walks on Velcro-covered walls (while weightless) in the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968). With little experience in weightlessness inside a large spacecraft, the experts ...