From "Babylon 5" to "Elysium," some of the best science fiction on screen has involved a space station. Some space stations play integral roles in their films or shows while others merely appear ...

"Man on a Mission," which opens today (Jan.13), chronicles Garriott's journey to the station in October 2008, a trip that cost him $30 million of his own money.

In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, Suarez points out that Princeton physicist Gerard K. O’Neill, Bezos’ space mentor, had the idea first.

From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Moon, Project Hail Mary and Star Trek's holodeck, explore the psychological challenges of astronaut loneliness found in sci-fi, drawing parallels to real-life ISS ...

Even the International Space Station is likely to become less of a cooperative venture, having previously been the ultimate symbol of multinational shared interests.

"It's a mind-blowing meta experience to read science fiction on board the space station," he says. Ion propulsion in real life. When he was a kid, NASA's Marc Rayman, 61, ...

It may be hot outside, but this season offers no fewer than three books that could raise goosebumps at high noon with no shade. The first is “Ghost Station” by S. A. Barnes. Her 2022 novel ...

Power stations in space sounds like an idea from science fiction – and in fact it is an idea from science fiction: in 1941, Isaac Asimov’s story Reason described a space station that transmits ...

Space moguls and NASA scientists alike have credited science fiction for helping inspire space exploration. ... One of their astronauts wanted to call … from the space station.

In the 1940s, science fiction author Isaac Asimov theorized the concept of collecting the sun’s energy in space, then beaming that energy down to Earth.