World's most powerful rocket soars toward Mars, with a Tesla roadster as payload

The rocket is the first step in Musk's ambitious dream to send humans to Mars and establish a colony on the planet. IMAGE: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launchpad 39-A at......

Indian finalises tourist spacecraft design

Dr Chirinjeev Kathuria's dream of tourist flights to space crossed another milestone this month when his company PlanetSpace finally picked a design for an eight-person orbital fly back spacecraft.......

European cos sign up for Angola gas project

A consortium of European companies has signed up an agreement with Angolan government for exploration of its gas and oil reserves. The consortium includes two Spanish (Gas Natural and Repsol YPF),......

Fly to moon, for $100 million!

The company that pioneered commercial space travel by sending 'tourists' up to the International Space Station is planning a new mission: rocketting people around the far side of the moon.The price......