"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for ...

As companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic make waves in space tourism, how long does the rest of the world have to wait ...

US engineers have tested a thermal propulsion reactor fuel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre with the aim for it to be ...

ESA has decoupled the two satellites of the Proba-3 mission. They are due to start their scientific work in a few weeks.

Nasa’s two ‘stranded’ astronauts will get a trip outside this week, having spent over seven months in orbit unexpectedly. ...

Universal Orlando’s Stella Nova Resort has finally opened its doors to guests after much anticipation, NBC reported.

While antimatter research is very hypothetical and not yet in the experimental phase, researchers believe it could eventually ...

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President Donald Trump's new administration is likely to do away with the White House's National Space Council, a cabinet ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

From hypothetical magnetic levitation trains and space elevators that aren't even attached to the ground, to very real space cannons tested in the 1960s, humans have come up with a lot o ...