Limitless Space Institute compares the travel time of spacecraft propelled by nuclear power to that of imaginative fusion ...

Nearly 50 years ago, NASA launched what would become its first interstellar spacecraft, and this year Voyager 1 is set to ...

There are many difficult things about sending humans to space, from dealing with health effects on the human body to the risks of launch and landing to keeping astronauts well-fed and supplied.

Get ready because the future of traveling to other planets just got a massive upgrade. Pulsar Fusion, a U.K.-based aerospace company, is developing a compact fusion engine called the Dual Direct ...

As the number of space travelers is increasing through commercial missions, it becomes more important to understand how space affects the human body. A team led by researchers at Baylor College of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other issues. As a result, trekking beyond the Earth's ...

Funk became the oldest person to fly in space in 2021.

They say travel broadens your mind but, if you’re travelling into space, it could displace your brain. Results of new study add to a growing body of evidence that astronauts’ brains change position ...

For over a century, rocket propulsion has followed a simple principle; burn fuel, expel it backward, and Newton's third law pushes you forward. Since Konstantin Tsiolkovsky first formulated the rocket ...