Fifty years ago this month, a young Russian military pilot, standing just 5'2'' tall and wearing a comically over-sized helmet that would later become an icon, was strapped into a capsule atop the Vostok-1 rocket and fired into space. ...READ»
China's aggressive move suggests a shift in global space politics and the emergence of a whole new space race between Western private space companies and Eastern state-run ones.READ»
Two Russian companies have announced plans for a commercial space station to launch in 2015 -- and they already have competition from an American company.READ»
Japan just revealed some of its plans for space exploration, including the amazing hope of landing a robot explorer on the moon by 2015 and having an entire base of robots by 2020. Will they beat NASA in the new Lunar Space Race?READ»
We've reported on the questionable truthiness of previous Iranian space race news before, but this latest one is undoubtedly the hottest item: Iran is saying it just launched a small capsule carrying live creatures into the ...READ»
The idea of space-based solar power has been tossed around since the 1970s, and now California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) wants to bring the concept down to earth.
The utility has asked permission from ...READ»
