By the year 2122, space travel had lost its luster and become a way of life for many — including the crew of the Nostromo, a commercial craft controlled by an artificial intelligence called ...

The Fake History of Space Travel How does the Endurance from 'Interstellar' compare with these other fictional spacecraft?

There were a handful of other space-inspired movies during that decade, but a peak was reached with the Collier’s magazine-inspired spacecraft in George Pal’s Conquest of Space (1955).

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You are cordially invited to the National History Center’s Congressional Briefing on Commercialization of Space Travel and Human Participation in Space Exploration 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Roger D ...

The history of space travel Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

Much of the history of manned space travel was a story of two superpowers battling it out for the big prizes, while the Europeans made up the numbers. Lately, things have been changing: while the ...

Join us as we dive deep into the history of space travel with space historian Margaret Weitekamp. From ancient Chinese roman candle-style rockets, to a Cold War that led to putting a man on the ...

Long before a spirit of cooperation fueled mutual ambitions in space exploration, competition and fear spurred man's desire to rocket into space. NPR's Liane Hansen offers a timeline of manned ...

What the History of Early Flight Might Tell Us About the Future of Space Travel The acting director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on the new ‘Early Flight’ gallery ...

Learn about Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, and the history of his Vostok 1 mission. Learn about the space race and the impact of this Soviet achievement.

The International Space Station was finished a century and a half after the idea of a space station was born.