Blue Origin Will Begin Selling Suborbital Tickets in 2019

However, eager spacegoers may want to reconsider rushing to fly. So far, Blue Origin has only flown its New Shepard vehicles eight times with its first launch in April 2015 proving testy.

Amazing Future Space Telescopes

We’re still a few years away from the final document, but serious proposals are in the planning stages for next generation space telescopes - HabEx, Lynx, Origins Space Telescope and LUVOIR.

Virgin Galactic Carries Out Second Supersonic Test Flight

VSS Unity’s second successful, supersonic, rocket powered test flight. This is the second flight in two months for VSS Unity and it is getting very close to the final goal.

China just invited the world to its space station

The China Space Station, or CSS, could become operational as soon as 2022. "CSS belongs not only to China, but also to the world," said Shi Zhongjun, China's ambassador to the UN.

Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover Mission

The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on Mars.

Luxury Space Hotel Could Cater To Travelers By 2022

Orion Span, a Houston-based space tech startup, has announced plans to launch the first-ever luxury space hotel into Earth's orbit by 2021.

This spacecraft will get closer to the Sun than any before it

This summer, NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe, an impressively heat-resistant spacecraft destined to glide closer to the surface of the Sun than any spacecraft before it.

Air-Breathing Thruster Aims to Power Satellites Almost Indefinitely

The novel European Space Agency technology would scoop up atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen during near-Earth orbits and turn it into fuel.

NASA Delays Next-Generation Space Telescope Until 2020

Top officials said Tuesday that more time is needed to assemble and test the James Webb Space Telescope, which is considered a successor to the long-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.

ESA launches world's first mission to explore the "atmospheres of hundreds of planets"

The European Space Agency picked the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) mission to explore the nature of exoplanets.

Mars simulation kicks off in remote Oman desert

Austrian researches have started a three-week simulated mission to Mars in Oman's barren desert.

SpaceX's New Rocket Ready for First Flight

If successful, Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful working rocket in use, the rocket that could go to Mars.

NASA's Insight Lander Will Fly To Mars In May, 2018

InSight is the next member of what could be called a fleet of human vehicles destined for Mars. The mission will try to understand the deeper structure of Mars.

Rocket Lab launched a secret payload into space last weekend

This was the "Humanity Star," a disco ball-like geodesic sphere, which measures about 1 meter in diameter. It is reflecting a philosophy that by going into space, humans can improve our lives on Earth.