Space Travel

Factors including microgravity and radiation make the space environment hostile for humans.

Explorers may need to extract the substance from rocks.

Results from taste tests were not immediately available.

Psychological tests for the first Mars colony inhabitants start this year.

John Young had the longest career of any astronaut.

Between the total solar eclipse, the supermoon, and potential space tourism, the moon was the distraction Americans needed in 2017.

Fedor can already fire guns, lift weights and drive in a straight line.

"You're holding talks on scientific and cultural cooperation with other, alien civilizations."

The change in position causes blurry vision, migraines and other symptoms.

The space agency is bringing its historical footage to the masses, and there are some gems in there.

We’ll just need to go there and find out.

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister promised Moscow wasn't building a Terminator, then shared a video of a new android firing two pistols at once.

Chinese officials want to launch the first Chinese permanent space station by 2022.

We have the technology to send people to Mars—the bottleneck at the moment is the cost, which stems from a few issues mainly relating to reusability and refueling.

You could make a second internet on Mars, but it would function independently of Earth’s and any connection to Earth’s internet would be painfully slow.

If reusable rockets are profitable, the market will inevitably level the playing field.

Docking involves bringing two massive objects into a precise alignment while they are moving and subject to orbital mechanics.

Elon Musk hopes this could mean there’s a future for reusable rockets.

The bottom line: Only the wealthy will have the means to move to Mars.

New Shepard successfully launched and then touched back down unharmed.

NASA’s very own flying saucer is being developed to deliver large quantities of equipment safely to distant planets.

Mars One wants to send volunteers on a one-way trip to the red planet, and make a TV show out of it