Eerily deserted images of the ISS give a unique perspective on life in spaceNovember 10, 2020 – The photographs, shot during astronauts' sleep hours, focus on the object they have called home for 20 years—and capture the experience of being human in a place devoid of humanity.
Into the ‘new ocean’: captivating images from America's first space programOctober 06, 2020 – Locked in competition with the U.S.S.R., NASA's race to put a human with 'the right stuff' in space enthralled the world. It also became the shoulders upon which exploration beyond Earth's borders would stand.
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The planets are next, says UAE space pioneerMarch 31, 2020 – The first Emirati in space, Hazzaa AlMansoori gives a gripping account of his journey and stay onboard the International Space Station.Jeff Bezos reaches space—a small step toward big spaceflight dreamsJuly 20, 2021 – The first crewed New Shepard launch carried Bezos, his brother, and the oldest and youngest people to ever go to space: 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and an 18-year-old Dutch student.
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The brief (and bizarre) history of selfies in spaceJune 21, 2019 – You take selfies. We take selfies. So do astronauts and space robots.
See our favorite space pictures from 2019November 27, 2019 – Exploding stars, a gargantuan black hole, and a plethora of planets feature among our picks for the most amazing cosmic images of the year.
The strange phenomenon of ‘space hurricanes,’ decodedJuly 20, 2021 – Electron precipitation, auroral ovals, a glowing vortex 31,000 miles high and 1,700 miles across: That’s hurricane season at Earth’s north magnetic pole.
Ron Howard on the importance of space travelNovember 07, 2018 – The executive producer of National Geographic Channel’s Mars series talks about the future beyond our planet.
Before we explored outer space, we tried to paint itJanuary 04, 2019 – In 1939, artist Charles Bittinger imagined worlds we hadn’t traveled to yet—sometimes with impressive accuracy.
See this year's most stunning space picturesDecember 14, 2018 – From glowing rockets to the swirling storms of Jupiter, the past year brought us many awe-inspiring views of the cosmos.
What happens to brains in space, and more breakthroughsApril 15, 2019 – Human bodies were built for gravity. We’re starting to understand how living without it could mess us up.
5 stellar ways to see Florida’s Space CoastJuly 12, 2019 – Discover a constellation of cool sites on this historic coastline near Orlando.
Why space weather is being made in the labNovember 30, 2018 – As a NASA probe spirals closer to the sun, one team on Earth is re-creating the delicate dance between our star and the planet.
Origami is revolutionizing technology, from medicine to spaceJanuary 25, 2023 – The centuries-old art of folding paper is yielding new applications in spacecraft, architecture, and even the human body.