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Space planes could radically lower the cost of spaceflight.
Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.
Data from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos suggest that long durations in space cause changes in the brain, some of which are linked to vision problems.
At the turn of the millennium, a physicist fooled the global scientific community with the greatest discovery that never existed.
Frontier, the ORNL supercomputer, used machine learning to perform 9.95 quintillion calculations per second.
Nearly 200 orbital launches are scheduled for 2022.
A woman’s name would undermine the credibility of the mission. Names of former Nazis, however, were no problem.
2023 will see the launch of new rockets, the return of OSIRIS-REx, and a mission to Jupiter that could help us find extraterrestrial life.
Introducing the Deep Space Food Challenge.
SpinLaunch's launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.
Experts believe they could cut the time it takes a rocket to reach Mars by up to 25%, shaving about two months off the trip.
Communication with home will be difficult on long-haul space flights. The longer this isolation goes on, the more detached a crew becomes.
The massive craft could carry 100 humans to Mars and revolutionize space exploration.
SpinLaunch will cleverly attempt to reach space with minimal rocket fuel. But will physics prevent a full-scale version from succeeding?
The universe is filled with unlikely events, but is also full of ways to fool ourselves.
The Demo-2 mission represents a new era for American spaceflight.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?
The closest star system to Earth, just over 4 light-years away, has three stars and at least one Earth-sized planet. Is it time to go there?
The 57-year-old is teaming up with NASA and SpaceX for the film project, which is to be set aboard the International Space Station.
SpaceX's momentous Crew Dragon launch is a sign of things to come for the space industry, and humanity's future.
The changes in brain structure aren't the only bodily changes caused by zero gravity.
Our views from the red planet’s surface are more spectacular than ever. Ever since the earliest spaceflight, humanity has reached for Mars. This photo composite shows Meande Ring, a river on […]
A fascinating new book tells the untold stories of two women, Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, who could have been first. On June 18, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with […]
The "overview effect," experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human.
Lucy in the Sky film doesn't deliver what it implies, but is a wacky docudrama instead.
Here's a look at the space agency's astronaut candidate requirements.
A study found alarming changes in the bodies of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.