Tag Archives: Space Travel

The Inside Story of the First Untethered Spacewalk

The first space shuttle mission of 1984, the launch of Challengeron the cool, windless morning [...]

Ten Scientific Discoveries From 2021 That May Lead to New Inventions

In science, inspiration can come from anywhere. A researcher might wonder about the thrust produced [...]

Fifty Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since the First Earth Day

.main h1 { max-width: 750px; margin: auto; } When Gaylord Nelson stepped up to the [...]

Jacques Cousteau’s Grandson Wants to Build the International Space Station of the Sea

In 1963, a saucer-shaped, yellow submarine returned from the depths of the Red Sea and [...]

Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon

Apollo’s Legacy SMART NEWS Scientists Prove That Plants Can Grow in Soil From the Moon [...]

What to Know Before Perseverance Lands on Mars

Since it launched on July 30 last year, a rocket bearing NASA’s Perseverance Rover has [...]

Exploring Mars

Featured Story SCIENCE Inside NASA’s Elaborate Effort to Bring Rocks From Mars to Earth The [...]

NASA’s Helicopter Ingenuity Will Attempt the First Flight on Mars

It’s been nearly 120 years since the Wright Brothers proved that controlled, powered flight was [...]

A Monumental Portrait of NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Crops Up in Atlanta

While most artists measure their artworks in inches, Stan Herd measures his in acres. For [...]

Five Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Rover ‘VIPER’

The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover dubbed VIPER is headed to the moon’s south pole [...]

Inside the Experiment to Create Mars on Earth

When Cassandra Klos was growing up in rural New Hampshire, it was easy to see the [...]

Ten Trends That Will Shape Science in the 2020s

When the 2010s began, private spaceflight had barely gotten off the ground, Google was rolling [...]

The ISS Will Fall From the Sky After the End of the Decade. What Will Replace It?

Right now, the International Space Station is orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes from around [...]