Space

Some of these concepts would give even your densest science fiction scenarios a run for their money.

SpaceX is forging ahead with preparations for its next NASA astronaut mission, currently slated for a late October launch.

A time capsule of the earliest days of the solar system may be the first clue in explaining a long-standing puzzle for those who study life: It appears to be stubbornly asymmetrical.

The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars. But with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System, you can follow in real time as humanity’s most sophisticated rover—and the […]

Eugene “Gene” Cernan was the last man to ever walk on the Moon. But who was he?

In 1950, Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi sat down to lunch with some of his colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he had worked five years prior as part of the Manhattan Project. According to various accounts, the conversation turned to aliens and the recent spate of UFOs. Into […]

We take a look at Space X’s most important achievements on their road to taking humans to Mars.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s historic six-time flier — a Falcon 9 rocket first stage designated B1049 — returned to Florida’s Port Canaveral Friday (Aug. 21), after delivering a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit earlier this week.