Space Exploration
Greece Joins the ESA
Officials announced on Tuesday that Greece has formally become the 16th country to join the European Space Agency. The country's…
Why Colonize the Moon First?
As part of its new Vision for Space Exploration, NASA will first be returning to the Moon before sending human…
Keep an Eye on the Weather in Space
If you're going to head into space, make sure you check the weather forecast - the space weather forecast. Just…
Second Chinese Mission Announced
Chinese space officials have confirmed that their next mission, Shenzhou VI, could launch as early as September 2005. This next…
ESA and Russia Get Closer
Jean-Jacques Dordain, the Director General of the European Space Agency and Anatoly Perminov, the Head of the Russian Federal Space…
Space Elevator? Build it on the Moon First
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously predicted that we'd see space elevators 50 years after people stopped laughing at…
Magnetic Bubble Could Protect Astronauts on Long Trips
It?s the year 2027 and NASA?s Vision for Space Exploration is progressing right on schedule. The first interplanetary spacecraft with…
Launch Date Set for Solar Sail
The countdown has begun for the launch of the Planetary Society's Cosmos 1 spacecraft; the first ever to be powered…
Hibernate on a Trip to Mars
Researchers from the European Space Agency are considering ways that astronauts could hibernate on the 6-9 month trip to Mars,…
Mars and Back in 90 Days on a Mag-Beam
Researchers from the University of Washington have been funded by NASA to develop a magnetized-beam plasma propulsion system (or mag-beam).…