Space.com staff writer Calla Cofield's enthusiasm is contagious as she explains how gravitational waves were discovered for the second time using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). T
In the day-to-day happenings of world politics, the United States and Russia are presented on the global stage as arch-enemies. Up in space, however, it's a completely different story.
Alma Sommer and Brian Stith (Undocumented Human Bitcoin Tour) come on the show to talk about their upcoming trip to Austin - Tarrin Lupo (Schedule Coordinator Porcfest 2016) provides an update on the upcoming event - Michael Belfiore (Author, Writer)
Why it's time to go back to the Moon … It's more than a stepping stone to Mars … Mars is an extremely popular destination right now. Putting people on the Red Planet has been the big goal for NASA since 2010, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made
China's plans to secure sovereignty over the South China Sea were illuminated this week in a discovery of the nation's blueprints for a deep sea "space station."
The focus of the closed-door get together was "innovation," according to a Defense Department spokesman, although Musk is also looking to win more government business for SpaceX, which launches satellites into orbit.
NASA announced June 2 that it has awarded a contract to Blue Origin to perform suborbital research flights as part of the agency's Flight Opportunities program.
Fifteen years ago, an aerospace engineer named Roger Shawyer drafted the first designs of the EmDrive, a new type of engine that uses microwaves to propel spaceships instead of fuel.
Andy Pasztor for Wall street Journal reports U.S. officials appear poised to make history by approving the first private space mission to go beyond Earth's orbit, according to people familiar with the details.
American companies are itching to get their hands on the gold, platinum, and other minerals that asteroids are thought to contain. But although the U.S. has laid the legal groundwork for asteroid mining, the technological challenges are still signifi
Humans on Mars as early as 2024: That is the timeline that CEO and Founder Elon Musk believes is achievable if everything goes according to plan with the ambitions that he has set for his NewSpace company, SpaceX.
Spacex has updated its prices for sending payloads to Earth orbit, Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and even Mars (Credit: SpaceX) View gallery (2 images)
We covered the launch of the Bigelow BEAM bouncy castle earlier; it is intriguing because from an architectural point of view, an inflatable building makes so much sense in space.
Musk: We intend to launch people to Mars in 2024 … Elon Musk will send a mission to Mars without people on it -- on the Flying Dragon version 2 rocket -- starting in 2018 and launch a rocket headed there every 26 months. - CNBC
that wants to outdo Intel and Google. From 1992 to 2001, Dan Goldin served as the longest-tenured administrator of NASA, overseeing projects like the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor and the redesign of the International Space Station.
These Technocrat scientists believe that the 'Evolution of Things' will take off and produce a new race of robots that will spontaneously create new iterations of offspring, supposedly better than there parents. Some hope to use the technology to