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Flying machines capable of flips, controlled by wand

Fifty years ago, space experts thought we'd be there by now. Here's why we're not

There's a palpable longing to return to the moon. But does it make sense?

At 6'8", James Oberg was too tall to be an astronaut, so he became an aerospace engineer and then a space reporter instead

G. Madhavan Nair, head of the indian space agency, talks about his country's first robotic lunar mission and plans for landing an Indian on the moon and mars

Better cameras, greater bandwidth, and bigger displays put Mars within reach of armchair explorers

Human exploration of Mars doesn't need to wait for advanced rockets, giant spaceships, or lunar base stations

How the extraction of lunar hydrogen or ice could fuel humanity's expansion into space

Russia hopes to reignite its deep-space program with a mission to Phobos

Maybe--if it adopts a less top-down approach

The tech guru talks to IEEE Spectrum from Russia's Star City, the "cosmonaut college" where would-be space tourists prepare for their journey