Early Tuesday morning, Polaris Dawn flew through the atmosphere, taking its four crewmembers to the highest altitude humans have experienced since the Apollo era, where they will conduct the first ...

JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) -Established 2003 / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency \| Research and development ...

This time, building on existing research into space civilization exploration, I have compiled a project proposal to search ...

Astronaut and geophysicist Andrew Feustel is a veteran of three NASA spaceflights and alumnus of Purdue EAPS. Currently he is Lead Astronaut with Vast. He spoke with Lucy Flesch, Frederick L. Hovde ...

Western University may be shooting for the stars, but it’s keeping its light under a bushel, for now. School officials declined to answer questions about a planned space exploration institute — one ...

As humanity embarks on a new era of space exploration, of establishing permanent human bases on the moon and Mars, sustainability must become the bedrock of our exploration efforts beyond Earth. With ...

The Sun is the source of energy for life on Earth and is the strongest modulator of the human physical environment. In fact, the Sun’s influence extends throughout the solar system, both through ...

Approximately 250 mi. above Lake Michigan, International Space Station astronaut Don Pettit captured this long-exposure photograph of city lights streaking across Earth as a green and red aurora moved ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Space Commission (TSC) announced that they opened grant applications for the Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF), according to a news ...

Space exploration has become one of the strongest forces behind technological advancements because it pushes science and engineering beyond normal limits. Harsh space conditions such as radiation, ...