Space Exploration

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“[It’s] not possible using present-day technology.”

Permanent human colonies on Mars would need to be able to produce their own food.

International treaties govern how sovereign states can behave in outer space.

Long-distance space travel presents a number of challenges, including how to transport sufficient quantities of oxygen and fuel.

If successful, the probe will be the first privately funded unmanned spacecraft to land on the moon.

Around 200,000 people have signed up for Asgardian citizenship.

The precocious pudding reached nearly 53,000 feet before children lost contact.

Cyanobacteria could be harnessed by space colonists to produce oxygen and create a biosphere in which humans can live.

“The words are a symptom of the ways in which we create narratives that exclude people from envisioning themselves in the future.”

“We are doing both the moon and Mars, in tandem, and the missions are supportive of each other.”

The behemoth of a telescope will help humans explore distant alien planets.

Kilopower will be capable of producing enough power to run several average households continuously for 10 years.

Tour is based on data collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Space has a lot of ways to kill you, and one is getting worse.

SpaceX is designing a completely reusable rocket system that will be able to take cargo and humans to Mars and back.

The image was taken about 200 miles above the planet’s north pole.

"How do we transcend these limits? With our minds and our machines."

Layers of fabric will unfold into a station 2.4 times the size of the ISS.

Astronauts have to exercise two hours a day to stay healthy—but it may cause dangerous side effects.

They might be a ready-made water source for explorers.

The announcement comes on the heels of Trump's new directives for NASA.

The president announced his plans to help U.S. astronauts return to the moon and start laying down a foundation to eventually reach Mars.

The device will look for stars like our own sun and examine planets similar to Earth.

China has become an alien-scouting superpower.

How do you design a spacesuit for a microscopic critter with eight legs?

Picked up from the streets of Moscow, Laika had just weeks of preparation for a groundbreaking and tragic journey that gave the Kremlin the lead in the space race.

This is a key milestone in NASA’s longer-term plan to send humans to Mars.

As the two-decade mission draws to a close, what has it revealed about the second largest planet in our solar system?

If humans land on Mars in 2025/2026, that qualifies as “full speed ahead” and means we got serious about this right now.