Packing for Mars: the curious science of life in the void

He's smart but his birds are sloppy. Japan picks an astronaut

Life in a box. The perilous psychology of isolation and confinement

Star crazy. Can space blow your mind?

You go first. The alarming prospect of life without gravity

Unstowed. Escaping gravity on board NASA's C-9

Throwing up and down. The astronaut's secret misery

The cadaver in the space capsule. NASA visits the crash test lab

One furry step for mankind. The strange careers of Ham and Enos

Next gas : 200,000 miles. Planning a moon expedition is tough, but not as tough as planning a simulated one

Houston, we have a fungus. Space hygiene and the men who stopped bathing for science

The horizontal stuff. What if you never got out of bed?

The three-dolphin club. Mating without gravity

Withering heights. Bailing out from space

Separation anxiety. The continuing saga of zero-gravity elimination

Discomfort food. When veterinarians make dinner, and other tales of woe from aerospace test kitchens

Eating your pants. Is Mars worth it?