Space Travel
Visit Kepler's Exoplanets—And Don't Worry About the Natives (At Least for Now)
NASA has made a set of travel posters themed to exoplanets while a nonprofit searches for life among them
Never Mind Mars, What About a Trip to Venus First?
There's a serious proposal to send astronauts to a floating cloud city in Venus's atmosphere before heading to Mars
If You Looked Out the Window While Returning From Space, Here’s What You’d See
The bright glow of friction in Earth's atmosphere
NASA Could Actually Get a Budget Boost Next Year
The pending budget will give NASA even more money than they asked for
A Successful First Flight For NASA's Orion Spacecraft
American spaceflight enters a new era
A Wayward Boat And Other Disruptions Delay Test of NASA's Newest Spaceship
Orion's quest for space will have to wait until tomorrow
Welcome to the Next Era of NASA Spaceflight...to Mars
NASA's long-distance crew capsule, Orion, will get its first test flight tomorrow
The Space Station Just Got an Experimental ISSpresso Machine
Mmm, space coffee
With An Eye To Mars, NASA is Testing its Astronaut Twins
Scott and Mark Kelly, the only twins to have traveled in space, are embarking on a mission to help NASA prepare for Mars
One Idea to Get to Mars: Fill the Walls of a Spaceship With Water
The insulation from radiation would also be drinkable
Astronauts Nap on the Launchpad While Waiting for a Ride to Space
There's not much to do while NASA goes through its pre-launch checks
The Philae Spacecraft Confirmed the Presence of Organic Molecules on the Comet it Landed On
Researchers hope the finding sheds light on how organic molecules might have first arrived on Earth
This Company Is Crowdfunding a Mission to the Moon
Your reward: a spot in a digital time capsule buried beneath the lunar surface
Tomorrow, a Man-made Spacecraft Will Land On a Comet for the First Time, Ever
The action starts bright and early
Would Astronauts Survive an Interstellar Trip Through a Wormhole?
Well, it depends on your definition of "wormhole" …
Why "Interstellar" Belongs in the Pantheon of the Best "Realistic" Science Fiction Films
The film follows a well-trodden path, says Smithsonian space historian Cathleen Lewis, who gives it a thumbs up
Virgin Galactic's Aggressive Plan to Get Back in the Air
The company hopes to resume flying with a new ship by summer 2015
Past Transit Tragedies Point to a Way Forward for Virgin Galactic
From a fatal Apollo fire to the sinking of the <em>Titanic</em>, history has a few lessons following last week’s spaceflight disasters
What SpaceShipTwo's Crash Means for Virgin Galactic And Private Spaceflight
Private spaceflight may see tighter federal regulation
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Just Crashed in California
The private spaceflight company was testing a new fuel for their experimental spaceship
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