Space Flight
How Long Does It Take To Get To The Moon?
When space tourism gets underway, companies will have many options for getting people to and from the Moon, some faster…
Why Can’t We Design the Perfect Spacesuit?
So far, every spacesuit humans have utilized has been designed with a specific mission and purpose in mind. As of…
Watch Live as NASA Announces Who Will Fly Astronauts to the Space Station
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream NASA will make a "major announcement" today on the return of human spaceflight launches…
Stunning Footage from SpaceShipTwo’s Third Rocket-Powered Flight
Virgin Galactic released video from SpaceShipTwo's flight test last Friday, January 10, 2014. This was the third supersonic, rocket-powered test…
Crew Launches to Space Station with Olympic Torch
Update: the crew has now arrived safely at the ISS. You can watch the arrival video below. Three new crew…
ATV-4 ‘Einstein’ Says Goodbye to the Space Station
The Expedition 37 crew onboard the International Space Station closed the hatch and said goodbye to the ATV-4 "Albert Einstein"…
Video: Spider Flown in Space Has Trouble Readapting to Gravity
Astronauts have said adapting to weightlessness is much easier than readapting to gravity when they returned to Earth. Muscle weakness,…
Astronomy Cast 318: Escape Velocity
Sometimes you've just got to get away from it all. From your planet, your Solar System and your galaxy. If…
Missile Launch Creates Weird Cloud Seen in Space
The astronauts on board the International Space Station saw a strange and unexpected view out their windows yesterday. “Saw something…
Best Ever Astronaut ‘Selfies’
"Talk about a selfie!" wrote former astronaut Clay Anderson on Twitter yesterday (Oct. 1). He posted that comment along with…