Ask someone where outer space is, and they’ll probably point at the sky. It’s up, right? Simple. Except, no one really knows where “air space” ends and “outer space” begins. That might sound trivial, ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

Section 1. Purpose. In 1969, the United States landed the first humans on the Moon. In the years since, premier space companies from around the world have been drawn to launch rockets and satellites ...

Goods are shipped around the world via roads, rail, and air. Why not space, too? That’s the question posed by Inversion Space, a Los Angeles-based startup that’s developing a reentry capsule that it ...

A splashy California-based launch company named Relativity Space shared a photo of sleek-looking rocket hardware on its social media channels last week. The image featured an impressively large ...

Nothing in our universe stands still: Earth orbits the sun, the sun circles the galaxy, and even galaxies are constantly on the move. So why is everything in space in motion? It all comes down to how ...

Space tourism has its fans — and its critics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Private companies are offering many opportunities ...

President Donald J. Trump transformed American space policy during his first term. He reestablished the National Space Council to coordinate national space strategy. He issued a series of important ...

As the International Space Station is phased out, a new generation of commercial space stations from private companies will take its place. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The current ‘second space age’ has enabled multiple studies on the effects of spaceflight on human physiology and health, which are contributing to the development of measures that will be needed to ...

This is the first crewed flight of the company's Starliner capsule, which was developed in partnership with NASA to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The third time was a ...

K2 Space is developing the Mega Class satellite bus that can accommodate 1,000 kilograms of payload and offer 20 kilowatts of power. Credit: K2 Space WASHINGTON — K2 Space, a two-year-old startup ...