Space Travel
Exploring Mars
Space agencies are launching new missions outfitted with revolutionary technologies, including the Perseverance rover, to learn more about the Red Planet
What to Know Before You Watch Perseverance's February 18 Landing on Mars
Experts describe how they plan to land the rover, what could go wrong and what they hope to learn
Balancing Homework and A.P. Classes, These High Schoolers Discovered Four Exoplanets
Thanks to a Harvard-Smithsonian mentoring program, high school students Kartik Pinglé and Jasmine Wright helped discover new worlds
A Fleet of Air Taxis Is Coming to Central Florida by 2025
For future trips from Orlando to Tampa, consider the high road
Case of Bordeaux Wine Returns to Earth After a Year in Space
Last week a dozen bottles splashed into the Gulf of Mexico inside SpaceX’s Dragon capsule after a year aboard the International Space Station
Japan Hopes to Send a Wooden Satellite to Space in 2023
The group hopes the cube-shaped wood orbiter will help reduce space waste
Five Things We Learned From Astronaut Victor Glover
Discover what it's really like to live and work in space! Astronaut Victor Glover shares his thoughts and little-known facts about being an astronaut
Japan Retrieves Space Capsule Full of Asteroid Samples in Australia
The successful landing marks the completion of Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission, which studied the 3,000-foot-wide asteroid Ryugu
Massive Arecibo Telescope Collapses in Puerto Rico
The radio telescope was once the largest in the world, and played a key role in many major astronomical discoveries over the last 50 years
The Most Famous Dogs of Science
These iconic canines have helped scientists make key discoveries, from archeological finds to cures for disease
You Could Own the First Space Selfie, Only Photo of Neil Armstrong on the Moon
Online Christie's sale features 2,400 photographs from "the golden age of space exploration"
You Could Own a Lipstick Gun, a Poison-Tipped Umbrella and Other KGB Spy Tools
Next February, Julien's Auctions will sell some 3,000 items from the shuttered KGB Espionage Museum's collection
The Moon Has More Water and Ice Hidden All Over Its Surface Than Originally Predicted
Scientists discovered that water is stored in tiny patches all across the moon's surface, not just in the deep, freezing craters of its south pole
Future Moon Walkers Will Get 4G Cell Reception
NASA taps Nokia to install the first ever cellular network on the moon as part of a plan to establish long-term human presence on the lunar surface by 2030
Eight Countries Sign NASA’s Artemis Accords, New Legal Framework for Maintaining Peace on the Moon
Nations must sign and uphold the agreement if they plan to join NASA's mission to send astronauts back to the moon
NASA Just Sent a New $23 Million Space Toilet to the International Space Station
Astronauts will test out the expensive commode, which is better designed for “dual ops,” before its eventual use on deep space missions
Moonwalking Humans Get Blasted With 200 Times the Radiation Experienced on Earth
The new findings will inform how much shielding future astronauts will need to safely explore the moon
A New Solar Cycle Promises Calm Space Weather
Experts say the sun’s next decade will likely feature a low number of events like solar flares that can disrupt power grids and satellites
Space Mice Return to Earth, Mighty as Ever
Their space voyage provides new insights for treating muscle and bone loss
How Cold War Politics Shaped the International Space Station
A brief history detailing how the United States and Russia led the effort to create the technical marvel
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