A German firm is to start offering space travel insurance, hoping to cash in on a…
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Over the moon: Space pioneers get U.S. medals
The U.S. Congress on Wednesday bestowed its highest civilian honor on four American space pioneers of…
Video: Buzz Aldrin on the Meaning of Apollo 11
"Apollo 11 was about exploration, about taking risks for great rewards in science and engineering, about…
Over the moon: Space pioneers to get U.S. medals
The U.S. Congress will award the nation's highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to four…
Singapore family books $1 million Virgin space flight
A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first…
Botched Mars mission shows Russian industry troubles
Russia's unsuccessful launch of a Mars moon probe points up the problems of a once-pioneering space…
Canadian tech goes to Mars
In less than a month, NASA will launch Curiosity, a minivansized rover that will use a…
NASA plans 2014 test-flight of deep-space capsule
NASA said Tuesday it will launch in 2014 an unmanned test flight of its Orion deep…
Asteroid closes in on Earth fly-by
A big asteroid is set to make its closest flyby of Earth in 200 years, but…
Astronauts return from ‘mission to Mars’ after 520 days in isolation
One of the world's most gruelling isolation experiments is drawing to a close in Russia after…