The star astrophysicist sat down with Newsweek to discuss Mars missions and what truly drives human discovery.

On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first hominid to travel into space, marking a critical milestone in the early days of the U.S. space program. Launched aboard NASA’s ...

Japan’s national space agency – the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – was established in 2003, but the history of Japan’s space programs dates all the way back to early developments in ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. We live in an extraordinary period of exploration. Over the last few decades, humanity ...

In recent years, a popular slogan in the space industry has been, “We are entering the Golden Age of space exploration.” Indeed, we have witnessed unprecedented advancements in launch vehicles, the ...