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 ...

Science-fiction writers, always seeking new settings for stories, soon portrayed space habitats in their novels. Examples include Ben Bova's Colony (1978), Mack Reynolds' Chaos in Lagrangia (1984 ...

What are the greatest spaceships of science fiction? From the Millennium Falcon to Dr Who's Tardis, ... This is a massive space station that actually looks like another world.

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 ...

"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, ...

From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Alana C., age 12, Queens, New York Have you ever dreamed of traveling through time, like characters do in science fiction movies? For centuries, the concept of time travel has captivated people’s ...