space exploration
It's Been 60 Years Since the First Human Spaceflight, And We Have Come So Far
On Monday, space lovers across the world celebrated the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight on April 12, 1961.
The UK Is Developing Nuclear-Powered Space Exploration for Faster Mars Trips
The UK Space Agency and Rolls-Royce are teaming up to hopefully get humankind deeper into space.
NASA Lays Out $28 Billion Plan to Land First Woman on the Moon
With the Artemis mission, NASA will get astronauts again on the Moon by 2024.
The Best Place to Train Astronauts Exists on Earth, But Not Where You'd Think
In caves deep enough to hold entire cities, astronauts and 'cavenauts' are on a mission to prepare themselves for life on Mars.
NASA Has Turned on a Deep Space GPS
The miniature atomic clock is a big step toward self-driving deep space probes.
Buzz Aldrin Punched This Guy in the Face for Saying the Moon Landing Was Fake
It's the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. But these moon truthers say it never happened.
The Plan to Seed Life on Alien Planets
The 50th anniversary of "Earthrise" is the perfect opportunity to think about sending Earth's life to the stars.
China built a $50 million space base in Argentina to reach the dark side of the moon, but it's casting a shadow on its neighbors
The Chinese set up a giant space station in Patagonia — and changed the dynamic of an entire town.
NASA just broke 2 world records with its solar probe
The Parker Solar Probe is going even closer to the sun in the coming days
Corporations Are Ready to Build Moon Villages, Our Laws Are Not
Moon community concepts are being developed by federal space agencies and private spaceflight companies. What legal, economic, and social frameworks should apply to these communities?