One is the central role governments play in the provision of public goods. One objective of the program was to beat the Soviet Union in space...
Scott Solomon is focused on what makes us human, and how that will change as we explore the universe. He predicts that the changes wrought by...
The goal of this proof-of-concept mission is to test the viability of using solar sailing as a means of propelling CubeSats and other objects in space....
At an International Astronomical Union meeting in 1955, noted astronomer Gerard Kuiper asked for suggestions and collaborators on a project to make a map of the...
Unlike the Apollo program that put astronauts on the moon 50 years ago, NASA is gearing up for a long term presence on Earth’s satellite that...
Pythagoras, Philolaus and Plutarch each contemplated the moon as a world of its own. Authors such as Cyrano de Bergerac – who is credited with being...
Around 53 per cent people will like to travel to space, says a new survey ahead of the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo lunar landing...
Throughout the history of space flight, scientists and astronauts have known that space travel entails an increased risk of cancer or CVD—with less protection from the...
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The trio’s launch on December 3 was the first after a Soyuz rocket carrying Russia’s Aleksey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague failed in October just...