Space calendar 2021: Rocket launches, sky events, missions & more! By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to all the rocket launches and astronomical events in 2021, as well as milestones for space missions, anniversaries and conferences.
Inspiration4: The first all-civilian spaceflight on SpaceX Dragon By Vicky Stein Inspiration4 will be the world's first spaceflight unsupervised by professional astronauts, using commercial equipment to launch civilian space enthusiasts into orbit.
Roswell UFO crash: What is the truth behind the 'flying saucer' incident? By David Crookes , All About Space magazine Space Mysteries: Did an unidentified flying object really crash land at a New Mexico ranch in 1947, only to be hushed up by the government?
UAE Hope Mars orbiter: The Arab world's first interplanetary mission By Jeremy Rehm, Meghan Bartels The Hope Mars mission is the United Arab Emirates' first interplanetary spacecraft and will study the Red Planet's atmosphere.
The brightest planets in May's night sky: How to see them (and when) By Joe Rao Here's how to see planets visible in May's night sky.
Night sky, May 2021: What you can see this month [maps] By Chris Vaughan Find out what's up in your night sky during May 2021 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.
Images: 10 incredible volcanoes in our solar system By James Romero, All About Space magazine These violent openings are windows into the inner workings and origins of our neighboring planets and their moons.
Solar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) Planets By Robert Roy Britt There used to be nine planets. Now there are eight, or maybe there are nine after all. Whichever you prefer, here is a list of them in the order they appear in the solar system.
7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Daisy Dobrijevic, How It Works magazine What's the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane.
Soichi Noguchi: JAXA astronaut and SpaceX Crew Dragon mission specialist By Vicky Stein A biography of Soichi Noguchi, JAXA astronaut and only non-American so far to fly in the space shuttle, the Soyuz and SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Victor Glover: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew Dragon pilot By Vicky Stein A biography of Victor Glover, NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew Dragon pilot
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory: New view of the universe By Robert Lea, All About Space magazine The next era of our investigation of the cosmos is about to be kick-started by the Rubin Observatory, which is currently under construction in northern Chile.
Can our brains help prove the universe is conscious? By David Crookes , All About Space magazine Leading scientists have long pondered how matter gives rise to our subjective experience of reality and believe consciousness could even permeate space and time.
Michael Hopkins: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew Dragon commander By Sarah Wild A brief summary of Michael Hopkins' career in the Air Force and at NASA.
How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth? By Andrew May, How It Works magazine The European Space Agency’s Space Situational Awareness program is tackling the problem on three fronts.
Yuri Gagarin: How the first man in space sparked a conspiracy theory By David Crookes , All About Space magazine Gagarin became the first of humankind to blast off into space on April 12, 1961, but rumors continue to circulate that another cosmonaut had beaten him to the punch days before.
The Psyche Mission: Visiting a metal asteroid By Adam Mann Information about NASA's Psyche mission, which will explore a unique metallic asteroid
Lunar timeline: humanity's explorations of the moon By Space.com Staff Here are some of the highlights from four centuries of scientific study of the moon.
Lucy mission: NASA's visit to the Trojan asteroids By Adam Mann A detailed look at NASA's Lucy mission, the first to visit the Trojan asteroids around Jupiter
