A new age of space exploration, and exploitation, is dawning. But surprisingly, some of the boldest efforts at putting humans into space are now those of private companies started by a handful of maverick billionaire businessmen. Beyond mass space travel, and even space mining and manufacturing, the dream of Elon Musk and others is true space exploration. His company, SpaceX, already delivers supplies to the International Space Station, and their next step is delivering astronauts too. But their true ambition is to ensure the survival of the human race by crossing our solar system and colonizing Mars in the next decade. Could commercial spaceflight companies eventually make us a space-faring civilization?

What if you could get behind the wheel and race through space? We scale down the Solar System to the...

To help visualize the dramatic final chapter in Cassini's remarkable story, NASA's Jet Propulsion La...

A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 2...

Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laborat...
Comets pose one of the greatest threats to life on Earth - a threat that can only be countered if we...

Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the myste...

The Dream Is Alive takes you into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Share with th...

In the year 1957 the cold war expands to space. The Soviet-Union sends Sputnik as the first manmade ...

In unusual circumstances, scientists from different countries work together to achieve a common scie...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Ameri...

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus in...

From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcan...

National Geographic and NASA are sending you into space - live! For the first time ever, board the I...

The Wonder of it All focuses on the human side of the men behind the Apollo missions through candid ...

The film features amazing scenes of places never before seen gathered by key space missions that cul...

Social isolation affects millions of people, even Mars-bound astronauts. A savvy NASA psychologist i...

Twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly were separated for almost a year, undergoing intensive measurem...

Commemorating the space agency's 50th anniversary, follow John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the ...

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and...