Are we ready to send humans to Mars?
The physiological challenges of a mission to the red planet
The physiological challenges of a mission to the red planet
TAMPA, Fla. — EchoStar subsidiaries tied to its satellite TV and abandoned 5G network businesses have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, advancing a prepackaged restructuring plan to repay debt early after selling spectrum to SpaceX and AT&T. DISH DBS said June 30 that it and certain subsidiaries, including DISH Wireless, had filed the cases…
Coryn Bailer-Jones’ The Physics of Interstellar Travel fills a need which has become apparent only in the last twenty years. Indeed, going back to the turn of the century, one would find the idea of traveling to another star discussed only in relatively isolated pockets, often presented at the tail end of conferences devoted to…
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The cost of US military operations against Iran so far is $30 billion, the director of the Office of Management and Budget told Congress on June…
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of June 7-13, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session this week. During the Week NASA will announce the crew for the Artemis III mission on Tuesday morning at Johnson Space Center. Under the reconfigured…
A controversial idea right after the American Revolution, the First Bank of the United States proved prescient. Visitors can now check out its historic home after a $43 million makeover Michele Debczak | Correspondent July 1, 2026 5:30 p.m. First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia Public domain via Wikimedia Commons A Greek Revival…
GUAREÑO, SPAIN—According to an article in The Greek Reporter, the wheels and parts of a 2,500-year-old miniature bronze chariot have been discovered in a monumental building at the Tartessian site known as Casas del Turuñuelo in southwestern Spain. In the area where the chariot parts were found, archaeologists had previously uncovered an altar shaped like…