The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

The history of the rocket stretches back far longer than most people realize. Long before spaceflight, early civilizations ...

A new book explores the legacy of the Soviet Union’s human spaceflight program Diane Tedeschi Yuri Gagarin’s status as an icon is evident in Russia’s many memorials for the pioneering cosmonaut, ...

The North American X-15 was built to flirt with the edge of space, not to cross it by accident. Yet on a research mission ...

One of the best ways to explore the Land of Enchantment's out-of-this-world history is by embarking on the New Mexico Space ...

The story of Laika, the first dog in space, feels like the beginning of an inspirational biopic. She began as a stray in Moscow and was lovingly given the name Kudryavka(Russian for "little curly one" ...

"The Space Race" debuted at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. At least 500 astronauts have traveled to space -- yet only 18 of those have been Black astronauts, according to NASA. "The Space Race," an ...

in the history of human space flight for Wired. [Speaker] Behind each of these photos, there's a different story about humans in space. Missions being just seconds away from failure. [Announcer] We're ...

Jason is a classic jack-of-all-trades writer who loves to cover most topics, though gaming has always been his strong suit. After spending the better part of the past decade freelancing for various ...

The History of Space Travel in 10 Objects As our shuttles have gone into retirement and we look to the future of what space travel will mean for human exploration, there are plenty of artifacts left ...