Only about 600 people have ever travelled to space. The vast majority of astronauts over the past six decades have been…
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Humans can’t help being fascinated by space. And that interest seems to be making the possibility of moving humanity to…
For about 15 minutes on July 21, 1961, American astronaut Gus Grissom felt at the top of the world – and indeed…
Starliner delayed… again Ever since Boeing successfully launched Starliner (following numerous delays) and attached it to the ISS, things have…
In the coming decade, more people will go to space than ever before as human spaceflight enters a new era.…
Imagine keeping a laser beam trained on a dime that’s 200 miles away. Now imagine doing that continuously for 24…
NASA has set its sights on the Moon, aiming to send astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2026 and establish a…
Astronomers, maybe more than anyone, appreciate what an island of perfection our Earth is. Our orbit may put us at…
Earth is constantly bombarded by fragments of rock and ice, also known as meteoroids, from outer space. Most of the…
When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across…