NASA and Space Travel

“The conquest of space is worth the risk of life,” said Gus Grissom. "Outside of the aerospace industry, the story of Apollo 1, along with NASA’... (2017)

The VIPER mission could turn the space industry on to less expensive, more accessible technologies. (2021)

The Greatest Leap, Part 2: If Apollo 8 failed, NASA's Moon dreams would crumble. (2017)

Across the cislunar blackness, we set sail for a landing that almost didn't happen. "Today, the Moon landings still take our breath away. On Jul... (2017)

Nasa is holding a major press conference after its planet-hunting telescope made a new breakthrough. The Kepler space telescope is operated by Nasa... (2017)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will this month start testing uranium-fuelled Stirling engines for use in possible future ... (2017)

The Space Exploration Technology rocket factory is a large, white hangar-like building near Los Angeles international airport, with a parking lot f... (2017)

Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the inhospitable surface of Mar... (2018)

After months aboard the International Space Station, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are coming home. "In the 340 days they spent on the Inter... (2018)

Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes and other telescopes have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies i... (2018)

As we look back at the first steps on the moon, billionaires are fueling an intense competition to return there—and eventually go to Mars. (2019)

A new four-part documentary about the ill-fated Challenger mission highlights the risk of putting bureaucracy before science in human spaceflight (2020)

As the four craft exit our solar system, a 3D map of the Milky Way reveals which others they’re likely to visit tens of thousands of years on. (2019)

Astronauts at the International Space Station can make one request to talk to an earthling of their choice. For some ... (2018)