#Manned

In 1963, Convair wrote up some plans to continue space exploration beyond the Apollo missions. These are plans for entire manned expeditions by humans throughout the solar system, including the outer planets.…

To commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of manned spaceflight, we're looking at the next 50 years. In the first of a two-part series, New York Times astrobiology reporter Carl Zimmer joins us to predict what we'll find when we finally step foot on…