Over forty years ago, mighty Saturn V rocket engines sent manned crews to the Moon. These days, NASA has its sights set on even more ambitious targets, requiring a whole new rocket launch system – the most powerful ever built. Keep reading >>
Orbiting the Earth at an average speed of 17,239 miles per hour, the International Space Station provides a valuable tool for research while helping space agencies to reach their objective of putting humans on Mars. Keep reading >>
Once a top-secret Soviet installation for training cosmonauts, the Hydrolab in Star City, Russia is now open to astronauts and intrepid tourists alike. Keep reading >>
In one of the highest, driest deserts on the planet sits the world’s largest and most powerful array of telescopes – and it’s ready for action. Keep reading >>
After spending four decades as display pieces in museums, the most powerful rocket engines ever launched are being repurposed to aid research into the future of space travel. Keep reading >>
Due to be launched in 2018, the James Webb Space Telescope is set to be the biggest telescope ever launched into orbit. Here’s an inside look at the science behind its construction and what it aims to achieve… Keep reading >>
Laser weapons may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but they’re actually already used in the real world – and have been for decades – everywhere from handguns and tanks, to airplanes and spacecraft. Keep reading >>
Wonderful photography offers a peek inside CERN’s Large Hadron Collider – where scientists are pushing the boundaries of nuclear research, 330 feet below the Earth’s surface… Keep reading >>
For Star Trek fans, the word ‘beaming’ implies using a transporter to get rematerialized at the desired destination. But while today’s technology may not be quite up to that level yet, researchers are working on the next best thing. Keep reading >>
