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Archive Gallery: Early Visions of Human Spaceflight
To commemorate last week's historic Shuttle launch, we've compiled a sentimental collection of manned spaceflight stories from the PopSci archive
Video: New Movie Reenacts Scenes From the First Human Spaceflight
What Yuri Gagarin saw, in HD
NASA’s Prototype Mars Space Suit Gets a Frosty Antarctic Performance Test
Mars is one seriously cold rock, so where better in the world to test a new spacesuit design then the...
Boeing Will Launch Space Tourism Business, Lifting Off in 2015
American space ambitions have, for the most part, maintained a well-defined line between space exploration and space tourism, But that...
Denmark’s Non-Profit Rocket is Ready to Launch Next Week
The world’s first volunteer-built, not-for-profit passenger rocket funded purely by donations and sponsorships is preparing for launch next week, ticking...
Inside Astronaut Boot Camp
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 regimen this fall to find out
Scientists Map Out Gravitational Space Highways
As planets of our solar system tug at each other with their gravitation tethers, they create a protean sea of...
New Reactor To Make Breathable Air Out of Moon Rocks
One the major differences between visiting the moon and staying on the moon involves resupply. In fact, the prospect of...
Monotony Dominates During 105-Day Simulated Mars Mission
The recent anniversary of Apollo 11 has sparked a revived call for manned exploration of Mars. And many have responded...
NASA Reconsiders Its Moon Plans
The Constellation system, which includes the Ares rocket and Orion crew module, could lose favor to a cheaper, more DIY approach to launching orbital craft post-Space Shuttle
