An Australian brewing company has, for the first time, manufactured a space beer. As in, a beer that can actually be consumed in space! This is most certainly one giant leap for beer affectionados.
The Japanese H-2 Transfer Vehicle Kounotori 2 launched on Saturday to deliver supplies to the space station. Its payload included a microgravity high school experiment.
Companies wishing to take over the job of flying NASA astronauts to the International Space Station have some new guidelines to ponder.
In a stunning debut test flight, Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon capsule returned from a two-orbit trial run around the planet.
A private spacecraft is on target for a launch that will send it in orbit over Earth.
Burt Rutan, the genius designer behind some of the most advanced, out-of-the-box flying vehicles ever created -- including SpaceShipOne -- has announced his retirement.
Once a Mars habitat is established what happens next? Some parallels can be drawn to the colonization of the New World.
Rather than simply visiting a co-orbital asteroid and bringing back rock samples, the mission could fulfill an ultimate goal of space colonization.
Rather than simply visiting a co-orbital asteroid and bringing back rock samples, the mission could fulfill an ultimate goal of space colonization.
Buoyed by plans for commercial space taxis, a Russian company plans to build and launch a privately owned outpost in orbit for tourists, scientists and other paying visitors.
