Future Space : Discovery News

Project Bifrost: Rockets of the Future?

Posted Fri Jan 20, 2012 05:57 PM ET | 0

Guest contributor Tabitha Smith introduces Project Bifrost, the potential foundation for interstellar space exploration. Read more

2012 Human Spaceflight: A Look Ahead

Posted Tue Jan 3, 2012 12:05 PM ET | 0

A look at six key missions in human spaceflight on the calendar for the new year. Read more

Thanksgiving in Space? Five-Year-Old Turkey

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Nov 23, 2011 09:48 AM ET | 0

Long duration missions to Mars means food that can last for five years. Creating that has not been an easy mission for NASA. Read more

Man in Space: 3D Photos

Posted Tue Aug 2, 2011 02:47 PM ET | 0

Relive these historic space moments as though you were there -- in 3D! Read more

Mars Mission Simulation Planned for ISS

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Apr 21, 2011 05:00 PM ET | 0

A week-long simulation would be the first step in a series of increasingly more complicated -- and realistic -- Mars-like operations. Read more

Visualizing Fusion Pulse Propulsion : Animation

Posted Tue Apr 5, 2011 07:06 PM ET | 0

A visualization of how nuclear pulse propulsion could be used to power interstellar space probes. Read more

Space Tourism: Four Front-Runners : Slide Show

Posted Fri Mar 18, 2011 04:00 PM ET | 0

Space tourism; once a starry-eyed pipe dream, now a reality that is slowly beginning to take off. Read more

'Franken-Ship' Proposed From Space Shuttle Scraps

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Sep 29, 2010 09:58 AM ET | 0

NASA's 30-year old space shuttles may see a second life as their parts are used for new rockets. Read more

Obama Aims Space Program at Mars

Posted Thu Apr 15, 2010 06:15 PM ET | 0

The president has set a goal of sending astronauts into orbit above the Red Planet by the mid-2030s. Read more

Introducing SpaceShipTwo : Big Pic Gallery

Posted Mon Dec 7, 2009 01:45 AM ET | 0

Take a look at the technology behind the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo's design. It may cost $200,000 to ride on Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise, but it sure is a great looking ship. Read more

Ares Rocket Test Delayed by Weather

Posted Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:00 PM ET | 0

NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad. Read more

Leroy Chiao on the Augustine Commission

Posted by Irene Klotz Mon Sep 14, 2009 07:40 PM ET | 0

The panel member and former astronaut talks with Discovery News about the report summary. Read more

NASA Eyes Firefighting Gear for Orion: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:25 PM ET

Putting out flames in zero gravity is proving to be tricky business. Read more

Tech Lets Plants Phone for Water: Discovery News

Posted Fri May 29, 2009 05:29 AM ET

A microchip originally developed for plants in space lets farmers know when their crops are dry. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Mon Apr 7, 2008 09:54 AM ET

No one knows more about how complicated and time-consuming it is t assemble spacecraft in orbit than astronauts building the International Space Station. Already more than a decade in the making, the outpost has another two years of assembly... Read more