Human exploration of space made many dramatic advances in the 20th century, including the first steps on the Moon in 1969. Human space exploration also helps to address fundamental questions about our place in the Universe and the history of our solar system. Through addressing the challenges...
The distance between Earth and Mars is 52.225 million miles. The distance between Earth and Alpha Centauri is 4.367 light-years. The farthest known star, Icarus, is 5 billion light-years from Earth. It will take 9 billion years for our existing chemical rockets to reach Icarus! Furthermore,...
Why should we go to space? Our answers to this question have changed significantly over the past 70 years as the people, the methods, and the funding for space exploration continue to change. Many Americans enraptured by the 'flags and footsteps' pride of the Apollo landings assumed that we would...
Originally written at the turn of the 20th century, this classic story imagines a solar system full of alien life and adventure. A young American woman marries an English Lord and finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime, touring outer space on her honeymoon. Through a series of amazing...
Hundreds of thought-provoking submissions were sent in to The Future Powered by Fiction competition - so many in fact, an additional 33 excellent entries were selected for publication on this site! 'Journeys through Time & Space' is the third and final of those follow-up anthologies.Humanity...
Third Planet Space Monkey Experimentby Jan Atle RamsliTojo's life changing experiences take place in the subway. Why? Some error in his Karma's breakout box. One day, he inadvertently spawns activity resulting in a network virus. It is relatively benign, but even viruses have bugs. This one has...
Spaceforce: Outcasteby Penelope IrvingThree empires in an uneasy peace, a galaxy on the edge of war, and one man who is not what he seems.Jay a member of the elite Swordbearer Caste, as deadly with a firestaff as in the pilot's seat. In a world where duty is paramount and traditions go back...
Space Crazyby K. RoweSpace Crazy - Book One of Dar's adventures in space.The Ontarrin Galaxy is a rough and tumble place. Young Dar Meltom knows this for fact. As the half breed offspring of an incredibly unlikely joining between an Earthling male and a Satiren female, he knows what fighting is...
Simon of Spaceby Cheeseburger BrownDo you remember the first moment of your life?I do, but then most people suffer from the inherent deficits of infancy when they are born, whereas I had the special indignity and privilege of being thirty-six years old at the time.I admit that I did soil myself....