China launches Shenzhou-21 mission to Tiangong space station
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Hopkins Bloomberg Center to launch series with top space executives discussing the futuristic technologies fueling the modern space economy
No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp on what it even means to be conscious. But our purely human urge to ask the big questions about our existence — one dependent on Earth-creature comforts like oxygen,
Space travel should by rights make for rocket-fuelled television, but documentaries on the subject too often veer into soul-numbing technobabble. That sad fate is happily avoided by the absorbing Once Upon a Time in Space (BBC Two).
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) inaugural HII Transfer Vehicle-X (HTV X-1) successfully rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 29 for a Canadian robot arm capture and berthing to the Earth-facing port on the U.S. segment Harmony module.
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Space shuttle Discovery fight continues as Texas senators rope Department of Justice into their tug-of-war with Smithsonian
The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia to Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and joined by Texas Representative Randy Weber, are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the Smithsonian for violations of the Anti Lobbying Act.
On January 14 2004, the United States announced a new “Vision for Space Exploration”, promising that humans would not only visit space but live there. Two decades later, Nasa’s Artemis programme is preparing to return astronauts to the Moon and,
Humanity has never been fully satisfied with this side of the horizon. Our ancestors crested mountains and crossed oceans until our species filled every corner of the world. We invented machines for exploring the deep oceans, for traveling at high speeds ...
Port Discovery Children's Museum opens "Galactic Builders" space exhibit and "Skies" sensory-friendly area, with officials calling it a step toward accessible learning.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Getting out and exploring Colorado Springs and the surrounding area doesn't need to break the bank. We're highlighting businesses, organizations, and happenings that you can engage with for under $40; the focus for this ...
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