Spacewalks have been described by astronauts as magical, amazing, and “holy moly!” This new 30-minute NASA documentary called “Suit Up!”…
Why explore space? It's an expensive arena to play in, between the fuel costs and the technological challenge of operating…
Yes, it's another time-lapse video made from photos taken by astronauts aboard the ISS. Yes, it's been digitally remastered, smoothed-over,…
Have you ever heard that spacecraft can speed themselves up by performing gravitational slingshot maneuvers? What's involved to get yourself…
Pretty darn big, I'd say. The illustration above shows the relative scale of the comet that ESA's Rosetta and Philae…
Well, technically not space*, but suborbital, and that'd still be way cool! And what's even cooler is that you can enter…
If you're a frequent reader of Universe Today you know that, despite the end of the Shuttle program and the…
When you consider the hazards of spaceflight, it’s hard to get worked up about dust bunnies. And yet, atmospheric dust…
OTTAWA, CANADA - Astronauts appear to hold their heads more rigidly in relation to their trunks after returning to Earth…