Human Spaceflight

space-exploration

Carradine explains why NASA has not yet been able to send astronauts to other planets by highlighting the intersecting technical, physiological, and logistical barriers that mak...

science-space

“What women went into space today” can refer to a specific news item if a launch just occurred, but it is also commonly used to ask for a general list of women who have flow...

Status Updates

When reports say that two astronauts are stuck in space, the shorthand usually describes a crew unable to return to Earth on their planned vehicle due to technical or scheduling...

space-exploration

We stopped sending humans to the moon after the Apollo era because the political urgency that funded those missions faded, the costs and risks were very high, and technology and...