The weird and wonderful world of sleeping in space — and what studies of astronauts tell us about the future of sleep ...

Astronauts have to make many adjustments to what's 'normal' when they're in space. Beds and pillows are not available. So how do they sleep? In this archived piece, NPR's science correspondent Robert ...

Since the beginning of the space program, astronauts have dealt with the realities of spaceflight from microgravity in weak muscles and space radiation, to sleep deprivation and disorientation. Both ...

Humans adapt. We live in trackless deserts, on the tops of mountains, in pestilential jungles, in prisons and hospitals. To survive we sleep, for we need sleep like food. We adapt to sleeping in space ...

The outer space is one of the places that many people dream of getting to, but only a select few actually manage to do so. It has, therefore, become a place that has made a lot of people curious, ...

The genre of science fiction has a lot to say about sleep. Here are 11 great stories, from TV, film and books.

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, ...