I know I’m supposed to be excited about the new solar system discovered by NASA’s Kepler telescope—and I am—but I can’t seem to get my mind off of that other photo. It’s the Earth and our moon, from 114 million miles away. That’s a little further than the distance from our planet is (on average) [...]

SpaceX is special. This is a company that will lead the future in space. Not just the United States future in space. I mean the world. There’s a lot of talk about whether government or private enterprise should lead in space. For all the armchair criticism, NASA has an enviable history of accomplishment—right through to [...]

Last year, India landed (or crashed) something called the Moon Impactor Probe (carried by its Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft) into the moon. The main spacecraft continues its lunar orbiting mission. Next time, they’re preparing to land. With Russian help India’s getting help from some real experts—the Russian space agency. The RSA is designing a small lunar rover, [...]