space travel

To the moon and beyond: what 2022 holds for space travel - The Guardian From lunar missions to anti-asteroid defence systems, there are plenty of exciting scientific developments to look forward to This year promises to be an important one for space exploration, with several major programmes...

NASA scientists consider the health risks of space travel - Space Humans aren't built to live in space, and being there can pose serious health risks. For space administrations like NASA, a major goal is to identify these risks to hopefully help lessen them. That was a major theme during...

NASA video hypes future of space travel: Sci-fi skydiving, kayaking - NY Post Ever dream of taking a vacation somewhere really, really far away — just really checking out of reality? Well, NASA wants that for you, too, evidently. The exploratory space agency has released a promotional video by...

The Era of Private Space Travel Has Arrived — But How Did We Get Here? - Travel and Leisure Here's how space tourism went from sci-fi dream to reality. We are all astronauts. Step outside after dark and look up at a starry sky, and your mind will take the same journey our ancestors' minds did...

Space travel for billionaires is the surprise topic with bipartisan American support – but not from Gen Z - The Conversation With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both flying to space in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years...

Aging in Style: 82 year old woman becomes the oldest space traveler - YouTube View: https://youtu.be/7o60rWTxask This week, the world watched as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rode into space on a thrilling 10-minute flight that now sets the stage for commercial passenger service. But this...

Space station astronauts welcome civilian space travel as billionaires prepare to launch - CBS News As two billionaires prepare for launch this month on milestone space flights, professional astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Friday they fully support commercialization and...

New Space Travel Company Offering Cheaper, Safer Flights - Newsmax Let go of a balloon, and it will float up into the air, ascending higher and further away until it’s eventually out of sight. And maybe — if it’s a very special balloon — it will reach the stratosphere. That’s the simple...

Japanese Billionaire Making a Stop on the ISS Before His Big Trip to the Moon on Elon's Rocket - Gizmodo A Japanese fashion magnate, who has booked an all-civilian SpaceX flight ‘round the moon for 2023, has now announced that he’s also making an earlier trip this December to the...

60 years after first American travels to space, tourists now lining up for out of this world trips - WHNT Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company is finally opening...

Solar System 'superhighway' could speed up space travel - engadget The route could also lead to more efficient trips. Future deep space missions might not take as long as you’d think. Researchers have discovered a Solar System “superhighway” network of routes that would let probes and other...

Taconic grad Stephanie Wilson talks about next trip into space, memories of Berkshires - The Berkshire Eagle If NASA offered frequent-flier miles for traveling into outer space, Stephanie Wilson would have plenty to cash in. The Taconic High School graduate has made three trips to space, and...

The moon is sprinkled with patches of frozen water, NASA scientists discovered. Mining it may be crucial for travel to Mars and beyond. - Business Insider The moon is littered with patches of hidden water, NASA researchers have discovered. That's great news for the agency's plans to send...

NASA tells us what it feels like to travel at the speed of light in this new (super cute) video - Time Out If you've always wondered about space travel but have yet to book yourself a seat on a ship to Mars, you might really enjoy this new video by the National Aeronautics Space Association...

Space travel could create language unintelligible to people on Earth - Big Think A new study looks at what would happen to human language on a long journey to other star systems. Researchers proposes that language could change dramatically on long space voyages. Spacefaring people might lose...

Soon Tourists Could Be Traveling To The Stratosphere In A Space Balloon - IFL Science Space Perspective, a new space tourism company, has announced its plans to take passengers and research payloads to the Earth’s stratosphere using a space balloon and pressurized capsule. Spaceship Neptune, as...

NASA making its Moon mission commercial could signal a paradigm shift for deep-space travel - The Verge NASA has the opportunity to demonstrate a new way of exploring space — will the space agency take it? NASA is now mulling over the idea of using commercial rockets to launch a critical...

NASA to send humans to the moon once again - 'but this time we'll stay' - Sky News The space agency says it wants astronauts to spend more time on the lunar surface as it looks to send them within the next decade. NASA is planning to take the "next giant leap in deep space exploration" as it...

How much does space travel cost? - NBC News With the rise of private spaceflight, costs are falling — but leaving the planet is still far from cheap. Spaceflight has traditionally been a government-led activity — and it's never been cheap. But the stratospheric cost of putting people and...

Why on Earth would a company offer insurance for space travel? - Fox Carolina Drivers need insurance before they get on the road. And space companies need it before they hurtle metal projectiles into the sky. Offering insurance for space flight might seem like an insane business decision. The...