Sports brand Reebok has released a space boot designed specifically for astronauts taking part in an upcoming voyage to the International Space Station. More about Reebok unveils lightweight Floatride Space Boot for astronauts
Royal College of Art graduate Brian Black has designed a concept rover and virtual-reality interface that would allow anyone on earth to contribute to space exploration missions. More about RCA graduate proposal would see ordinary people driving NASA's space exploration rovers
Artist Tom Sachs has updated his Nike Mars Yard trainers, which are based on shoes worn by astronauts in space. More about Tom Sachs releases second edition of Mars Yard sneaker for Nike
MAD founder Ma Yansong has designed a range of sci-fi-inspired furniture, designed to be used when humans colonise Mars. More about MAD creates furniture fit for a life on Mars
IKEA is set to produce a collection of space-saving furniture that draws on the logistics of space travel to find innovative solutions for shrinking living spaces. More about IKEA looks to space travel for new micro-living furniture collection
French designer Clément Balavoine has designed flight suits that can be precisely tailored to support the musculoskeletal system of SpaceX travellers. More about Clément Balavoine designs space suits to keep Mars travellers healthy
In a bid to get around terrestrial height restrictions, Clouds Architecture Office has proposed suspending the world's tallest skyscraper from an asteroid, leaving residents to parachute to earth. More about Supertall skyscraper hangs from orbiting asteroid in Clouds Architecture Office concept
Inspired by the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 system, we created a Pinterest board full of architecture and design for space travel, including NASA's retro space tourism posters and the world's first space terminal, designed by Fosters + Partners. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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A team of researchers at Portland State University has developed a coffee cup that gives astronauts in space an earth-like drinking experience by driving liquid towards the mouth. More about Space Cup lets astronauts drink coffee in low gravity
NASA has celebrated the discovery of seven planets orbiting a single star, some of which could potentially support life, by adding to its collection of posters advertising other worlds as vacation spots. More about NASA marks discovery of multiple Earth-sized planets with retro travel poster
Nine space-age designs have been revealed as the winners of the Moontopia competition, which asked architects and designers to visualise life on the moon. More about Nine visions for lunar architecture revealed in Moontopia competition
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to make humankind a "spacefaring civilisation" by starting manned missions to Mars as soon as 2022. More about Elon Musk announces plans to start colonising Mars in six years
Lucy McRae's short film The Institute of Isolation is a fictional examination of the ways travellers to outer space could use architecture and design to train their bodies for the challenge (+ movie). More about Lucy McRae film explores how design could prepare humans for outer space
Virgin Galactic has unveiled an updated version of its commercial SpaceShipTwo craft, the Virgin Spaceship Unity, which will begin renewed testing in California and New Mexico following a fatal crash in 2015. More about Virgin Galactic reveals updated passenger spacecraft and restarts test flights
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has unveiled a set of posters advertising the solar system's planets and moons as holiday destinations. More about NASA expands collection of retro-style posters promoting space travel
New York office Studio KCA has created a conch-shaped, metal pavilion for NASA that provides visitors an opportunity to listen to the sound of satellites orbiting the earth (+ movie). More about Orbit Pavilion by Studio KCA broadcasts sounds of NASA satellites in outerspace
If an astronaut were to die on their way to the red planet, German designer Franziska Steingen's Soot Home Grieving Set is intended to help their family mourn the loss. More about Bereaved families remember Mars astronauts with Franziska Steingen's Soot Home Grieving Set
Astronauts piloting Virgin Galactic's commercial space flights will suit-up in these one-piece uniforms by Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas' brand Y-3 (+ movie). More about Y-3 creates flight suits for Virgin Galactic pilots on world's first commercial space flights
A team of Illinois-based scientists have developed a form of "Martian concrete" that could be used to build architectural structures on the surface of the red planet. More about Scientists develop Martian concrete for building architecture in outer space
Spanish architect Alberto Villanueva's Mars Utopia concept would see the planet transformed into an inhabitable environment using towers formed by bacteria (+ slideshow). More about Architect proposes Mars Utopia towers to terraform red planet into breathable environment