Alan Bean – The fourth man to walk on the moon dies.
Apollo and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died.…
Space Travel
Preparing astronauts for a return to the Moon
Returning to the Moon won’t be easy, even though we’ve been there before. In a way, it’s going to be…
Moon-orbiting way station to deep space
NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to start researching how to power its proposed Deep Space Gateway, a way…
What’s Next for the Outer Planets?
After Cassini, What’s Next for the Outer Planets? It was big news when the Cassini mission met its dramatic end…
SLS rocket advancing – Launch date: 2020
Article originally posted: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/sls-rocket-advancing-but-its-launch-date-may-slip-into-2020/ NASA will soon set a new date for the maiden flight of its massive Space Launch…
DARPA Picks Design for Next-Generation Spaceplane
Agency partners with Boeing to build and fly an experimental vehicle for aircraft-like access to space OUTREACH@DARPA.MIL 5/24/2017 DARPA has…
Engineering the Perfect Astronaut
Some scientists are thinking about what human space travelers will look like in the future. They might be extra-small and…
Reusable rocket just reduced space access by 100-fold!
The successful test flight of a used rocket is a milestone in the effort to drastically lower the cost of…
New Rocket Launch Site In Nova Scotia
T-minus 1 year until rocket launch site construction starts in Nova Scotia Site selected by American aerospace experts from 14…
Visions of the Future – 2050
Visions of the Future: Planetary Exploration Through 2050 By Sheyna E. Gifford – Mar 9, 2017 This is a view…
SpaceX to send two private citizens around the moon
February 27, 2017 Stephen Clark Updated at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT) with details. An Apollo astronaut took this image…
European Space Agency’s Jupiter mission is now a reality
ESA’s Jupiter mission moves off the drawing board 15 March 2017 Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and…
Timeline: Mars Colonization
Mars Colonization Timeline Predictions are optimistic, but based on more or less realistic evaluation of technological and social progress of…
New Breakthrough for Deep Space Travel
By David Gilbert on Nov 20, 2016 There are a lot of challenges involved when people attempt to “boldly go…
NASA will make human Mars missions light and efficient
For a crewed mission into deep space, every piece of technology and equipment has to be better: lighter, stronger, multi-purpose.…
THE COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
THE COSMIC PERSPECTIVE April 2, 2007 in the Read section Universe: The 100th Essay BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON FROM NATURAL…
Would it be immoral to send out a generation starship?
IF human beings are ever to colonize other planets – which might become necessary for the survival of the species,…
A New Home on Mars
When astronauts set foot on Mars, they may stay for months rather than days as they did during Apollo…