Google has announced the winners of this years Google Science Fair, an annual, worldwide science and technology competition for 13-18 year olds. This year’s Grand Prize winner is a pro... Read more
Over 500 passengers having thrown down a $20,000 deposit on the $200,000 flight into space NASA may not be sending anyone to Mars anytime soon, the exploration of space and beyond – though o... Read more
Propellant makes up over 90 percent of the weight of a spacecraft Imagine if every time you went for on a trip, you had to carry all the fuel required to get you to your destination a... Read more
So far, Virgin Galactic has $58 million on deposit from its 455 future space tourists Space travel just got another step closer for the masses (at least the well-heeled ones) with the dedica... Read more
Virgin could enable up to 600 experimental payloads per flight Although Virgin Galactic is generally known as a space tourism company, it sees research experiments as a future mission segmen... Read more
The bloon consists of a 129 m (423 ft) diameter and 96.5 m (316 ft) high sail that carries a 4.2 m (13.7 ft) diameter pod with room for four passengers and two pilots into near-space. While... Read more
