Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominates the news these days, but a host of oddballs involved in space exploration came before him.

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Axiom Space seeks to expand the human presence in space by building commercial modules for the International Space Station.

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There is much talk lately about cities on Mars, multiple bases on the moon, free orbiting "islands" in space where tens of ...

An enigmatic Japanese billionaire picked 10 artists to fly to the moon, only to pull the plug. Now they’re figuring out what’s next.