Space Exploration

Four astronauts will fly around the moon in preparation for the first human landings there since 1972

Now is the time to protect the health and safety of civilians who will be traveling, living and working in the dangerous environment of space

The tech industry is rushing headlong into the chatbot gold rush. We need prompt, focused regulation that keeps pace

Satellite navigation systems for lunar settlements will require local atomic clocks. Scientists are working out what time they will keep

New Horizons is about to wake up and study the Kuiper Belt, the universe, and even Uranus and Neptune. But a new target to visit could trump them all

After a 26-day journey that took it to lunar orbit and back, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday afternoon, paving the way for future astronaut voyages to Earth’s satellite

How the JWST’s cosmic images are made

As a dismal year on Earth draws to a close, milestones in space exploration offer much for the whole world to celebrate

I’ve been working on space elevators for almost 20 years, and though we still have issues to solve, we are getting closer to making them reality

The Orion spacecraft passed just 130 kilometers above the lunar surface during a mission-critical engine burn

Elon Musk wants to run Twitter like SpaceX. But human behavior will make it much more difficult

The first flight test of the world’s most powerful rocket will send an uncrewed spacecraft to lunar orbit and back