Space Exploration

TIME Launches Space Newsletter Ahead of the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

By TIME Staff

Scientists Discover Massive Ice Sheets on Mars

By Casey Quackenbush

SpaceX Launches Secretive 'Zuma' Into Orbit

By Laignee Barron

There's a Cave on the Moon Large Enough For a Future Colony

By Eli Meixler
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The Mars Generation Trailer Highlights a New Group of Spacefarers

Elon Musk and Bill Nye offer words of encouragement to young trainees

By Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly

See Buzz Aldrin's Plan to Colonize Mars in Virtual Reality

Buzz Aldrin wants to be remembered for more than just “kicking up moon dust.” He wants his legacy to include laying the groundwork for permanent human settlement on Mars, and he has a plan.In Buzz...

By TIME Staff

The Story Behind LIFE VR's Mars Experience

Buzz Aldrin takes us beyond the moon

By Laurence Butet-Roch

Searching for Life on the Newly Discovered Earthlike Planets

It’s impossible to know if the creatures living on the planet Trappist-1e suspect they’re being watched. Actually, it’s impossible to know if there are any creatures at all, but let’s assume they’re there–because it’s a...

By Jeffrey Kluger

It’s Jeff Bezos vs. Elon Musk and Richard Branson—In Space

Amazon CEO’s private aerospace company Blue Origin will build and launch rockets in Florida

By Tom Huddleston, Jr. / Fortune

See New Horizons' Entire Pluto Flyby in 23 Seconds

Get a good look at the dwarf planet

By Mia Tramz

This Material Can Heal Itself in Less Than One Second

An extra precaution for astronauts

By Michal Addady / Fortune

See the Massive Mountain on Dwarf Planet Ceres

It's just a bit shorter than Mt. Everest

By Jeffrey Kluger

See Cassini's Haunting Final Images of Saturn's Moon Dione

The spacecraft made its final flyby of the mysterious moon on August 17

By TIME Photo

See a Newly-Released Image of Saturn's Moon Dione

Despite the high-resolution images Cassini sent back, Dione remains a mystery to scientists

By Olivier Laurent

Happy Landings! Watch 3 Astronauts Return to Earth

The Soyuz spacecraft will get you home, but that doesn’t mean you’ll enjoy the ride.The journey takes over three hours from the time you separate from the International Space Station until the time you thump...

By Jeffrey Kluger

Watch What It's Like to Get Blasted to 100MPH in 1.2 Seconds

We'd almost definitely vomit

By Benjamin Snyder / Fortune

SpaceX Invites You to Mars With These Throwback Travel Posters

The space transportation company makes light of its ambitions to take humans to Mars

By TIME Staff

See Scott Kelly's First 30 Days in Space

A visual diary of the astronaut's first month of his year-long journey in space. Scott Kelly will be the first American astronaut to spend 12 months aboard the International Space Station

By TIME Staff

Watch the SpaceX Rocket Landing in Slow Motion

The rocket tipped over due to excess lateral velocity

By TIME Staff

We Have Lift-Off

A fiery display marks the start of a remarkable mission

By Jeffrey Kluger
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