space travel
NASA unveils flexible, one-size-fits-all space suits
Science
October 16, 2019
NASA unveils flexible, one-size-fits-all space suits
Bye bye to bunny hops: when US astronauts next touch down on the Moon, expect them to walk almost as…
SpaceX capsule back on Earth, paving way for new manned US flights
Science
March 9, 2019
SpaceX capsule back on Earth, paving way for new manned US flights
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, completing a NASA demonstration mission that paves the…
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
Science
February 13, 2019
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity Rover on Mars late Tuesday, eight months…
NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed
Science
December 31, 2018
NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed
A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind,…
Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’
Science
October 9, 2018
Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’
Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa’s training to go the moon should not be too tricky,…
Japanese billionaire businessman revealed as SpaceX’s first Moon traveler
Technology
September 18, 2018
Japanese billionaire businessman revealed as SpaceX’s first Moon traveler
A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first man to fly on a monster…
US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
Middle East
October 19, 2016
US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a two-day journey to the International…
‘We’ll live on Mars in 2027’
Science
October 10, 2016
‘We’ll live on Mars in 2027’
The race is on to land a human on Mars. Elon Musk recently announced plans for his company SpaceX to…
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket
Science
October 7, 2016
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket
Blue Origin, the aerospace company headed by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, ran a successful test Wednesday of an emergency escape…
Elon Musk calls SpaceX blast a ‘most difficult, complex failure’
Science
September 11, 2016
Elon Musk calls SpaceX blast a ‘most difficult, complex failure’
SpaceX founder and chief Elon Musk said on Friday he was unsure why one of the company’s Falcon rockets burst…