Medical X-rays have been taken in space for the first time — making long-term flights deep into the solar system a safer option. American scientists say the breakthrough aboard a commercial ...

What makes these scans historic isn't visible in the images, but it could change the future of space medicine. Reading time 4 minutes SpaceX’s Fram2 mission, launched in late March 2025, sent four ...

Until now, there really hasn't been a lot of reliable medical imaging options for monitoring astronaut health during spaceflight. For over four decades, spaceflight missions relied on ultrasounds ...

"X-rays are fast, easy and diagnostically valuable." For more than four decades, ultrasound has been the only reliable medical imaging method used in space. As spaceflight missions increase in ...

Medical X-rays have been taken in space for the first time — making long-term flights deep into the solar system a safer option.