Babylon 5 takes place in a future filled with aliens and warring ancient civilizations, but thanks to the careful work of creator J. Michael Straczynski, it's rooted in real physics and science.

Astronaut Jonny Kim, son of South Korean immigrants, a former Navy SEAL and Harvard M.D., blasted off with 2 Russian cosmonauts on a flight to the space station for an eight-month stay.

It will be the first time a Space Force craft is refueled in orbit. Such a fuel shuttle could keep missions in space longer and eliminate the need for any craft to suspend its mission to retrieve ...

Then there's the Voyager Station, which is a giant ring that orbits Earth. The space station uses a rotating wheel design that promises to provide Earth-like gravity in orbit. It's being developed ...

Credit: NASA Rotating space station crews have typically carried out, on average, six-month tours of duty aboard the lab complex. But starting with Kim's flight, the Russians are increasing Soyuz ...