The research team has demonstrated for the first time that the radiation encountered in deep space travel may increase the risk of leukemia in humans. The average distance to the red planet is 140 million miles, and a roundtrip could take three years.
After recent events, we're all ready to hop aboard the next flight to Mars. But before us Earthlings embark on a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, we need to understand how the harsh conditions of space can affect our bodies.
After months of uncertainty and delays, SpaceX can finally say when it expects to resume rocket launches following its September launchpad explosion.
SolarStratos, a Swiss startup, has unveiled an airplane that uses solar power to lift people to the edge of space and return them gently to earth.
Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo performed its first free flight Dec. 3, a glide test that begins the next phase in testing of the spaceplane.
Bezos has talked about moving heavy industry off planet Earth to create a garden paradise on our home planet.
USA already has nine spaceports designated for commercial operations.
Anchored to a carrier aircraft, Virgin SpaceShip Unity takes to the skies in Mojave, Calif.
Two NASA astronauts successfully installed a new parking spot at the International Space Station today, marking a key step toward accommodating new commercial space taxis that arrive at the orbiting lab.
Richard Branson's dream of commercial space tourism is a step closer to reality. His Virgin Galactic company has been granted an operating licence by US aviation officials to fly passengers to the point of weightlessness.
Virgin Spaceship Unity, set to begin test flights next month, includes a very special nod to the theoretical physicist.
SPACE tourism from Prestwick is a step closer after a US firm at the cutting edge of spaceflight design struck a deal with the Ayrshire base to bring manned launch services to Scotland.
Future tests will put the New Shepard spacecraft through more rigors before people fly aboard.
New plans for driverless cars on Britain's roads are to be announced in the Queen's speech this week, as are proposals for creating an ambitious UK-based space tourism industry by 2018 along with drone-friendly innovations.
It takes a bold person to declare that interstellar travel is now within our grasp. Physicist Stephen Hawking has shown that he is just that, taking part in the Breakthrough Starshot initiative.
