What the Next 50 Years Hold for Human Spaceflight
Fifty years ago today (April 12), cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted into Earth orbit, marking the beginning of the human spaceflight era. Full story
Space Race II: Tourism is the new frontier
Fifty years after the Soviet Union beat the United States to send the first human to space, a new space race is heating up. Full story
Using Fusion to Propel an Interstellar Probe
Project Icarus is an ambitious five-year study into launching an unmanned spacecraft to an interstellar destination. Headed by the Tau Zero Foundation and British Interplanetary Society, a non-profit group of scientists dedicated to interstellar spaceflight, Icarus is working to develop a spacecraft Full story
Venus Has a Moon?
Astronomers have been busy trying to determine the spin period and composition of Venus' moon. On Dec. 8, 2010, results of the study were announced by JPL/Caltech scientists, led by Michael Hicks. Full story
Rocket blasts off with solar sail and more
A rocket carrying seven different satellites, including one that will attempt to deploy a small solar sail into orbit, successfully blasted off from an island in Alaska on Friday. Full story
First person: How I trained to fly in space
Reporter has wild ride in preparation for private space tourist flight, culminating in a centrifuge ride that packed on a walloping six times the normal force of gravity. Full story
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