New NASA astronaut candidate Ben Bailey thinks that his 2,000 flight hours here on Earth might come in handy during a moon landing. The 38-year-old U.S. Army helicopter pilot can’t

HOUSTON — The first astronauts to visit the moon in the 21st century can’t wait for their trip. The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission to the moon, which

A pair of spacecraft have arrived in Florida ahead of their launch on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket and a voyage to the Red Planet. Launch and space systems

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season,