Space

Richard Branson Gets Ready to Put His Life on the Line to Make Space Dreams Reality

After years of hype, Virgin Galactic seems to have its act together. Just in time for the boss to join the celebration of the first moon landing by getting his astronaut wings.

Space

From Miniature Satellites to Giant Sun Shields – the Extreme Technology Transforming Space Engineering

NASA | Engineering

Turning tiny spacecraft into starships by coupling them with large light sails – reaching other solar systems in a few decades to study them up close.

Space

Mars Colonization Possible Through Sperm Bank in Space, Study Suggests

The Guardian | Mars

Scientists find frozen sperm exposed to zero-g could go where no man has gone before.

Space

Your Kids Might Live on Mars, Here’s How They’ll Survive

Mars | Futurecasting

It sounds like science fiction, but journalist Stephen Petranek considers it fact: within 20 years, humans will live on Mars.

Space

A New & Unique Impact Crater Has Appeared on the Surface of Mars

Space | Mars

What makes this stand out is the darker material exposed beneath the reddish dust.

Space

Johnson-Built Device to Help Mars 2020 Rover Search for Signs of Life

NASA | Mars 2020

Next summer, NASA is launching the Mars 2020 robotic rover to the Red Planet, loaded with equipment to search for signs that there once was life on Mars.

Space

Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa? Discovery of Table Salt on the Surface Boosts Hopes

Europa | Science

Life, as we know it, needs liquid water and energy. Salt is also crucial for a whole range of metabolic processes in plant and animal life.

Space

Crazy Engineering: Making Oxygen on Mars with MOXIE

NASA | Mars

Crazy Engineering explores a technology demonstration riding aboard NASA’s Mars 2020 rover that’s straight out of science fiction novels like The Martian.

Space

Canadian Astronaut Roots for NBA Toronto Raptors from Space

Space | ISS

Canadian NBA fans are so excited they’re even cheering from space.

Space

NASA Opens the International Space Station to Private For-Profit Businesses

Space | ISS

A new NASA directive will enable commercial manufacturing and production and allow both NASA and private astronauts to conduct new commercial activities aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Space

NASA Completes Mars Helicopter Test Flights for 2020 Mission

NASA | Mars

The laws of physics may say it’s near impossible to fly on Mars, but actually flying a heavier-than-air vehicle on the Red Planet is much harder than that.

Space

NASA Awards $254 Million to Three Companies to Deliver Payloads to the Moon

Space | NASA

The moon is about to get a lot busier in the next 24 months.

Space

Three Ways to Travel at (Nearly) the Speed of Light

Phys.org | Space

All across space, from black holes to our near-Earth environment, particles are, in fact, being accelerated to incredible speeds, some even reaching 99.9% the speed of light.