Missions to the moon and Mars and a new space-based telescope are in the works for 2021, say Ian Whittaker and Gareth Dorrian.

The agreement would be the latest effort to cultivate allies around NASA’s plan to put humans and space stations on the moon within the next decade, and comes as the civilian space agency plays a growing role in implementing American foreign policy.

UBC researchers hope testing the effects of space radiation on yeast, they'll be able to protect future astronauts on long space missions.