In the late 1960s and early 1970s, humanity did something incredible. We sent astronauts to the Moon, and they came back safely. These missions, called the Apollo Program, were a huge triumph, but they were short visits. Astronauts spent just a few days on the Moon’s surface and then came home. Now, more than 50…
We watch movies and read books about spaceships zipping across the galaxy, visiting new worlds and meeting new alien life. But the reality is that the stars are incredibly, incredibly far away. So far, in fact, that traveling to them seems almost impossible with our current technology. This has led scientists to think about some…
When you look up at the night sky, you see stars. But out there, between the planets, there are countless rocks and dust balls of all sizes flying through space. These are asteroids. For a long time, we thought of them as just space debris, but today, many people see them as something else: cosmic…
For as long as humans have looked up at the night sky, we have wondered about the other worlds. Our closest neighbor, the Red Planet Mars, has captured our imagination more than any other. We have sent robots there to explore its dry riverbeds and ancient volcanoes. But the ultimate dream is not just to…
For a long time, the idea of traveling to space was something only a select few could dream of. It was a job for highly trained astronauts and brilliant scientists. But in recent years, something has changed. Thanks to new technology and ambitious private companies, a new kind of travel has been born: space tourism….
