Animation showing the deployment, and operation of a Lunar Space Elevator.
One of the top engineers working on NASA's controversial EM Drive thruster at the Eagleworks Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Texas has spoken publicly about the current state of the project. This is the first direct update in months, as NASA is keeping a very tight lid on the developments.
Humans may feel small when contemplating the universe, but astronomers are closer than ever to at least making us feel a little less lonely thanks to a new method of measuring planetary habitability and advances in telescope technology.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as the largest space-based astronomical observatory with near- and mid-infrared instrumentation, will elucidate many mysterious aspects of comets.
Dr. Harold "Sonny" White, the Advanced Propulsion Theme Lead for the NASA Engineering Directorate has said that "a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility."
After 520 days of total isolation in a mock spaceship, the Mars 500 crew were reunited with their loved ones in the outside world. In this edition of Space we have the men’s first accounts and exclusive images of their sealed capsule. We also witness the aftermath and follow their medical and psychological check ups. Finally, we discover just how important this simulated trip to nowhere…
Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) proposed Dream Chaser vehicle. It looks like a spacecraft ought to look. This is one of the key US commercial human spaceflight projects now in development.
After 30 years of development, the UK and European space agencies have given a go for the Skylon Spaceplane.
Space tourism is just the beginning of space exploration. This is the word from Brad Inggs, whose Durban company Orbital Horizon, in partnership with American company Xcor Aerospace, recently began offering trips into space in a new suborbital spaceship.
US President Barack Obama wants more money to go towards developing commercial rockets and capsules to take American astronauts into orbit.
