Medicine & TechnologyIn another milestone mission for space tourism, four "amateur astronauts" from Inspiration4 are set to fly into orbit aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Retired NASA astronaut Jack Fischer relives his experience in landing back to Earth from the International Space Station riding the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, showing how tough can spaceflight be.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S.A., turning a dream into reality for four private people prepared to spend three days in space.
Aside from using Apple gadgets for the mission, the Inspiration4 civilian astronauts will be able to enjoy a beautiful view from orbit thanks to a glass dome fitted to SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX's next crewed mission, Inspiration4, to be launched on September 15, will be the first all-civilian mission to orbit. It will be a mission like no other, testing the ambitious futuristic goal of sending civilians to space in the next few years.
On August 29, 1965, NASA's Gemini 5 mission made a record-breaking history in the field of crewed spaceflight. Aboard the spacecraft were two astronauts that spent eight days in Earth's orbit.
The first crewed flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard carried Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and three others to space and back on Earth on Tuesday morning, July 20.
Richard Branson is on his way to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition: flying to the edge of space. His Virgin Galactic rocket plane has taken off for a 1.5-hour mission
For one who is not so knowledgeable about spaceflight, it is important to know the effects of the absence of gravity or weightlessness on the health of humans, as revealed in a NASA study.
Researchers at Queen's University observed Zebrafish and believe, the fish, when in a state of induced torpor, could shield humans while on a spaceflight.
SpaceX will launch the world's first all-civilian mission on a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit around the Earth later this year. The mission is dubbed as Inspiration4.
With the help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina observed how the human brain adapts to extreme conditions such as the microgravity environment outside of Earth.
NASA is increasing its reliance on the private sector for its space exploration endeavors and many companies are now capitalizing on the future of space travel thanks to an evolving partnership with U.S. space agency.
The launch of the Antares rocket carrying supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station was rescheduled from Monday evening to Tuesday evening due to a wayward sailboat entered the restricted zone underneath the rocket's flight path. The launch is now scheduled to 6:22 p.m. ET on Tuesday night.