“Moon colonies” or “Moon bases” are dismissed by many as the stuff of science fiction, only possible in the distant future. These people...

Over the course of a week in March 2019, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft completed a test mission to the International Space Station...

On February 10, 2009, the deactivated Russian satellite Kosmos-2251 and the American commercial satellite Iridium 33 smashed into each...

It’s been a seminal year for NASA. In September, the agency announced the discovery of flowing water on Mars, a finding that could...

While the Cold War and the arms race that ensued positioned the US as the world’s premier superpower, the resources poured into the space...

Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and...