The author argues that the present economic crisis is all the more motivation that European Space Agency ministers should "think big" in their planning for the future of the agency and its programs.

Taylor Dinerman shows how space solar power can help landlocked and resource-poor countries escape the "economic chains forged by geography."

A new study found that a portable magnetic shield could be the key to protecting spacefarers during long-duration missions. A spaceship could be outfitted with a mini magnetosphere that would force the harmful charged particles in space to curve around the ship, rather than hitting the people inside.

An Indian probe landed on the moon on Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced, in a milestone for the country's 45-year-old space programme.

Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are collaborating on Eyes on Darfur (eyesondarfur.org), a Web site that shows before and after satellite images of areas the human rights organizations believe are, or could be at risk of, being under siege.

There are well over 100,000 objects in Earth orbit, the vast majority being non-functioning junk in the form of satellites and debris from rocket launches. With no atmospheric barrier to shield the moon's surface, NASA is now taking steps to prevent a similar accumulation of debris in lunar orbit.

Vint Cerf discusses his current project to design and implement a revolutionary new scheme for space communication or a new "interplanetary internet" that could "interconnect manned and robotic spacecraft, forming the backbone of a communications system that reaches across the solar system."

Two days before the launch of India's first lunar orbiter, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair said on Monday that India will plant its flag on the moon to help establish its presence on the earth's only natural satellite.

A decade of effort and anxiety all comes down to a single moment next summer when South Korea attempts to launch its first satellite into orbit. A successful launch would make it the ninth country in the world to launch a home-made satellite from its own soil and mark a huge step forward in its ambition to have a man on the moon by 2020.

A panel of experts at the conservative Heritage Foundation expressed alarm that China is building space capabilities that could surpass U.S. technological advances and boost China's diplomatic and economic ties with its allies.