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 Is it absurd to think of sending a wooden satellite into space? Though wood is not considered as durable as metal, an experiment shows wood is surprisingly sturdy in outer space. This prompted a group of researchers to put the first wooden satellite into space and they would probably launch in in 2024, if things go well.

China on May 30 achieved a historic milestone in its space program by sending its first civilian astronaut to space. Gui Haichao, a professor at the Beihang University in Beijing regarded as a payload specialist, joined two military astronauts on the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft that blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern China at 9:31 a.m. local time.

When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, they will be wearing Axiom Space’s next-generation spacesuit to walk on the lunar surface.

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, as well as UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev,...

All eyes will be on the historic Launch Complex 39B when the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lift...

Parker Solar Probe of NASA became the first spacecraft ever to "touch" the sun's surface by entering into its upper atmosphere. "For the first time...

Women represent only 20 to 22 per cent of the international space industry, which is on par with the percentage from 30 years ago,...

Tardigrades or water bears as called are chubby eight legged microscopic organisms have superpowers when it comes to surviving very harsh conditions. The survival...

Russia last week announced that it would withdraw from the International Space Station in 2025 and build its own floating laboratory that will be...

Travel to the space for a holiday is just not imaginative or science fiction. If you have the money, then you can have a...