200,000 people apply to live on Mars
If you have ambitions of being one of the first people on Mars, listen up: A Dutch company says it is moving along with its plan to send four lucky Earthlings to colonize the Red Planet. The catch: They won’t…
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Astronaut Mark Kelly joins World View’s near-space balloon team
Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who commanded the second-last space shuttle mission — and spent months at the side of his wife, Gabrielle Giffords, while the congresswoman recovered from a near-fatal shooting in 2011 — has joined a venture to send…
The New Space Race: Moon Express Unveils Design for MX-1 Commercial Lunar Lander
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A Quiet Trip to the Ozone Hole
BEND, Ore. — It might be the weirdest part of the atmosphere, 15 miles above the polar regions, where vast stratospheric clouds of nitric acid and water vapor shimmer in iridescent pink while human-made chemicals play havoc with the ozone…
The Unlikeliest Astronaut
Mike Melvill’s journey into space Alone in the sleek, composite shell of an experimental spacecraft he helped build, suspended beneath the broad wings of the White Knight carrier airplane, test pilot Mike Melvill is glad to finally get busy. The…
Two Americans on ISS Prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving in orbit
Grab sealed pouch of two-year-old, irradiated sliced turkey from pantry. Place in suitcase warmer and heat 15 to 20 minutes. Slice open pouch. Eat carefully so crumbs don’t float away. Following those simple instructions, six astronauts aboard the International Space…
World View Wants To Take You To Space Without Rockets
For private citizens who want to go into space, the options are pretty limited right now. In the near future, though, that’s bound to change, as a number of companies are actively working on offering manned commercial space flight. Among…
Sci-Fi Film ‘Europa Report’ Launches in New York City
NEW YORK — The science fiction film “Europa Report” is set to hit movie theaters Friday (Aug. 2), but tonight, the film will launch at one of the major science centers in the Big Apple: the American Museum of Natural…
High-Tech VASIMR Rocket Engine Could Tackle Mars Trips, Space Junk and More
Scientists are making progress on an advanced space propulsion system aimed at a variety of uses, including reboosting space stations, cleaning up space junk and powering superfast journeys that could reach Mars in less than two months. Led by former…
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set their sights on space travel, moon mining
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