Space Travel
How an Australian College Student Did What NASA Couldn't
Paddy Neumann's final project—which proposes using junk metal as rocket fuel—could change space travel forever.
The Everyday Astronaut Isn't Fucking Around Anymore
It started as a joke, then it took over this photographer's life.
Why ‘The Martian’ Author Won’t Join Elon Musk’s Mars Mission
Andy Weir still believes SpaceX can go the distance.
But Tell Me, Elon: Will They Have Starbucks on Mars?
On future Martian home foreclosures, and why you’ll never afford a ticket to the Red Planet.
The United Nations Will Launch Its First Space Mission In 2021
To open space up to less wealthy countries.
See How SpaceX Wants To Travel The Solar System
Even if you never make it Mars, here's some cool wallpaper.
SpaceX Just Announced What Would Be the Largest Rocket of All Time
This is how Elon Musk wants to take us to Mars.
China’s Newly Launched Space Station Will Receive Its First Crew Next Month
China is building a “Heavenly Palace” in space.
The Other First Moon Landing
Apollo 11 achieved the first crewed Moon landing in 1969. Ten years earlier, it was the Soviets who had the edge with Luna 2.
How the First Private Moon Landing Will Spur the Future of Space Mining
“We are now free to set sail as explorers to Earth's eighth continent, the moon, seeking new knowledge and resources to expand Earth's economic sphere for the benefit of humanity."