Human Spaceflight

Ticket for Blue Origin's 10 minute space flight auctioned for $28 million

Bidding had reached $4.8 million by Thursday, but shot up spectacularly in the final live auction, rising by million dollar increments.

You can become a space tourist if you have $250,000 and are willing to sign your life away

Private companies are prepared to take more risks than government programs because they don’t have to justify their spending to the public.

Union Budget 2021: DoS granted funds for ISRO's Chandrayaan 3, Gaganyaan launch, deep ocean mission

FM says four Indians are in Russia undergoing astronaut training as part of the joint partnership between ISRO and Roscosmos.

NASA contracts SETI to ensure it is compliant with planetary protection standards for present and future missions

SETI will provide technical reviews and recommendations, validate biological cleanliness on flight projects, provide training for NASA and its partners.

SpaceX Demo-2 success ushers in new era in spaceflight, and India’s space ecosystem needs to adapt

As the global space economy undergoes a massive disruption, and space becomes increasingly entrepreneurial, India is faced with an important choice.

328 days in space: Astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after making history, breaking ground for women

She said she's most eager to experience Earth's simple pleasures, like 'the feeling of wind on my face'.

SpaceX aces emergency landing simulation, ready to fly astronauts to ISS by April 2020

The test is crucial to qualify the capsule to fly humans to the ISS which might by mid-2020.

Gaganyaan astronauts to be trained for 11 months, will begin third week of Jan: Union Minister

While four astronauts will undergo training, only three astronauts will be sent to space during the mission.

To Moon, Mars and beyond: First batch of NASA astronauts graduate two-year training school

They can go on any manned mission and will join the ranks of about 500 people who have been to space.

Gaganyaan: ISRO to build Rs 2,700 crore astronaut training facility but it may not complete in time

Human Space Flight Space Centre (HSFC) will be built at Challakere a town in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka.