The Verge's Loren Grush learns how NASA trains its astronauts before sending them to space. Simulating the space environment — either with a giant pool…
Loren Grush tries on innovative Mars and Moon space suits at the University of North Dakota campus, learning just how complex and restrictive a space…
Yesterday, SpaceX launched another Dragon Capsule using a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station ISS. Everything seems to have gone well and the…
The Voyagers have set numerous records in their unparalleled journeys. In 2012, Voyager 1, which launched on Sept. 5, 1977, became the only spacecraft to…
On July 19, 2017, SpaceX founder Elon Musk was interviewed at the ISS R&D Conference in Washington, DC. He also took questions from the audience.…
Landing on Mars isn't easy. Youtuber Minutephysics explains why. t all comes down to atmospheric density! When there's no atmosphere, you can do a powered…
This is a NASA seminar celebrating the fact that Curiosity has been roaming the red planet for five years. With speakers James K. Erickson and…
Private space company Moon Express says it will be mining the moon for delicious resources by 2020. If that sounds like a tight timeline, it…
For the last 50 years or so we have been using wheeled robots and vehicles to explore other worlds from secret Soviet lunar rovers to…
ESA astronaut Tim Peake gives a tour of the Columbus laboratory taken during his Principia mission in 2016. The Columbus laboratory is ESA’s largest single…
In preparation for its future orbital space base and planned base on the moon, China has now initiated what is dubbed as "The Lunar Palace…
Will landing on Mars be a giant leap for mankind or a small step for Robonauts and one giant leap for A.I? Curious Droid investigates…
The unpiloted SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft departed the International Space Station July 2 bound for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach,…
Britain will build the world's first commercial astronaut training facility where companies and others can train their astronauts for a fee. Blue Abyss can also…
Two research papers published in Science Magazine this week presents the latest data from Juno revealing a Jupiter peppered with electron streams, ammonia plumes, and…
Scientists from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter discussed their first in-depth science results in a media teleconference on May 25, 2017. The teleconference participants were:…
Veritasium visited NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) the leading U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system and has 19 spacecraft and 10 major…
Part of the National Geographic Short Film Showcase that spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic…
This is a panel discussion with Joel Achenbach and Andy Weir on the potential of getting humans to Mars. Joel Achenbach is an American staff…
In this stunning National Geographic animation, watch NASA's Cassini spacecraft begin the last chapter of its 20-year mission to Saturn. Diving deeper into Saturn's rings…