Habitat in Space Physics in Space Space Travel The Mind Alan Bean – The fourth man to walk on the moon dies. May 26, 20180 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 May 25, 20180 Returning to the Moon won’t be easy, even though we’ve been there before. In a way, it’s going to be…
Space Travel Moon-orbiting way station to deep space November 8, 20170 NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to start researching how to power its proposed Deep Space Gateway, a way…
Space Travel What’s Next for the Outer Planets? November 2, 20170 After Cassini, What’s Next for the Outer Planets? It was big news when the Cassini mission met its dramatic end…
Space Travel SLS rocket advancing – Launch date: 2020 October 26, 20170 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…
Space Travel DARPA Picks Design for Next-Generation Spaceplane May 24, 20170 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…
Space Travel Engineering the Perfect Astronaut April 27, 20170 Some scientists are thinking about what human space travelers will look like in the future. They might be extra-small and…
Space Travel Reusable rocket just reduced space access by 100-fold! April 4, 20170 The successful test flight of a used rocket is a milestone in the effort to drastically lower the cost of…
Space Travel New Rocket Launch Site In Nova Scotia March 20, 20170 T-minus 1 year until rocket launch site construction starts in Nova Scotia Site selected by American aerospace experts from 14…
Space Travel Visions of the Future – 2050 March 19, 20170 Visions of the Future: Planetary Exploration Through 2050 By Sheyna E. Gifford – Mar 9, 2017 This is a view…
Space Travel SpaceX to send two private citizens around the moon March 19, 20170 February 27, 2017 Stephen Clark Updated at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT) with details. An Apollo astronaut took this image…
Space Travel European Space Agency’s Jupiter mission is now a reality March 19, 20170 ESA’s Jupiter mission moves off the drawing board 15 March 2017 Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and…
Space Travel Timeline: Mars Colonization February 24, 20172 Mars Colonization Timeline Predictions are optimistic, but based on more or less realistic evaluation of technological and social progress of…
Space Travel New Breakthrough for Deep Space Travel February 20, 20170 By David Gilbert on Nov 20, 2016 There are a lot of challenges involved when people attempt to “boldly go…
Space Travel NASA will make human Mars missions light and efficient February 20, 20170 For a crewed mission into deep space, every piece of technology and equipment has to be better: lighter, stronger, multi-purpose.…
Space Travel THE COSMIC PERSPECTIVE February 12, 20170 THE COSMIC PERSPECTIVE April 2, 2007 in the Read section Universe: The 100th Essay BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON FROM NATURAL…
Space Travel Would it be immoral to send out a generation starship? January 12, 20170 IF human beings are ever to colonize other planets – which might become necessary for the survival of the species,…
Space Travel A New Home on Mars January 7, 20170 When astronauts set foot on Mars, they may stay for months rather than days as they did during Apollo…