Time

With Private Space Flight On the Rise, Who Gets to Be Called 'Astronaut?'

The crew of the Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit. From left: Hayley Arceneaux, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman, and Chris Sembroski photographed in Los Angeles, July 2021 ...
FLYING Magazine on MSN

Flying to space? There's a tax on that now, too

FAA announces plans to charge for commercial space activity for the first time.
Rock Paper Shotgun

Space Hauler is a full scale space flight sim set around Saturn where every single button in your ship is functional

I do love a bit of space exploration in games, there's something quite beautiful about the infinite openness, alongside ...

Runway-to-Space Challenge brings spaceflight closer

A new U.S. competition lets teams fly payloads on a reusable spaceplane, offering rapid access to microgravity and changing how space research works.
The Gazette

Local Astronaut Nichole Ayers says Artemis II mission is important step toward moon return

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers is pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock after completing a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space ...

Mission Space to Fly Fourth Space-Weather Payload on HEX20's MAYA-V1 Mission

During the 2026 Space Weather Workshop, Mission Space announced that it will fly its fourth in-orbit space weather payload on HEX20's MAYA-V1 mission, a 16U-class LEO hosted-payload platform designed ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Ten Years of Flying High with Air and Space Art

Artist Lise Lemeland is also an aerobatic flier who creates works of art based on her experiences in the sky. In this oil painting, Lemeland depicts the crowded airspace during practice time at the ...