O’Neill made his space colony idea profitable by having them build solar power satellites. Huge solar arrays would be deployed in space, collect solar power 24 hours a day and then beam it to Earth. The notion was attractive during the energy crises of the 1970s, and has some resonance now because of fears of carbon-induced climate change,

NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to the moon in over 50 years.

A full moon is seen shining over NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of February 1, 2026. For 53 years, since the end of the Apollo program, humans have only felt the pull of the Earth's gravity.

2026 is set to deliver historic moon missions, groundbreaking commercial space stations and powerful new space telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

Just like sea-going ships, spacecraft meant to take humans beyond the borders of our world are baptized to reflect various things. Most of us, for instance, can still vividly remember the names Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, and ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. This month, NASA is aiming to launch four astronauts atop a 32-story ...

“You can't own part of the moon, but you can own the stuff that the moon contains,” said professor Mary-Jane Rubenstein. In Orlando, a few weeks ago, The Economist Magazine convened what was called “The Space Economy Summit.” A few weeks earlier ...