space travel

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico shortly before 3 p.m. ET on Sunday,…

An experiment done aboard the International Space Station demonstrates the potential for a hardy fungus to shield…

China successfully launched its first independent mission to Mars, dubbed Tianwen-1, from the Wenchang Space Launch…

Longtime Russian defense journalist and more recent government advisor on space issues, Ivan Safronov has been…

In 2016, The 100 went into a metaphorical butthole. In the span of a few episodes the show murdered one of its most…

For most of us, traveling faster than the cosmic speed limit—the speed of light—is a science-fiction fantasy that…

Our species will face no shortage of existential risks in the coming decades, whether it be from nuclear war,…

NASA mathematician and subject of the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures” Katherine G. Johnson passed away today at age 101.

You begin to wake up from stasis as your lander descends to Pluto’s surface. You strain to locate the Sun in the sky…

Imagine a world where a billionaire yearned to create the field of space tourism, but hadn’t really figured out the…

Gorgeous spaceships flying deep into space to save planet Earth. Peril in an infinite abyss. Beautifully composed…

NASA’s atomic-clock-in-space officially began its year-long mission on Friday, according to a NASA release.

Not all of the women in these new sci-fi and fantasy shorts—be they astronauts, fighter pilots, ambitious office…

A tiny spacecraft in Earth orbit has successfully deployed its solar sails. Called LightSail 2, the craft will now…

Conspiracy theories about the Moon landing have been around for years. Decades, in fact. And while it’s easier than…

The 50th anniversary of the Moon landing is coming up on July 20 and there are events being held all around…

Virgin Galactic is preparing to become the first publicly traded spaceflight company, and the venture is setting a…

Excessive exposure to the Sun’s harmful rays is an occupational hazard endured by astronauts, who run the risk of…

Later this month, some of the original videotapes that captured the first Moon landing will be auctioned off to the…

A fascinating competition to devise an efficient way of colonizing the galaxy has resulted in this beautiful—and…