manned space program

Russia's recent threat to leave the space station by 2020 was in fact the original plan.

What does it take to prep humans for a trip to an asteroid or a martian moon? Starvation? Isolation? Recycling feces for food? NASA's newest astronauts begin a grueling training...

At last, the rumors can stop flying. Unfortunately, they're not alone in that

Some people may think locking some volunteers in a tin can for a couple of months is enough preparation for … Continued

Will one of these aeronautical mavericks redefine personal flight? Probably not, but you can't blame them for trying.

Adventurers Steve Fossett and Richard Branson—with a little help from design genius Burt Rutan—build an airplane for what they're calling the last great aviation record: a solo, nonstop around-the-world flight.