Space science

Space science, or the space sciences, includes several major fields, such as:

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Exobiology
• Microgravity Environments
• Plasma Physics

• Space Transportation
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Rocket Launch Technologies
  • Interplanetary travel
  • Interstellar travel
  • Spacecraft Propulsion

• Space exploration
  • Unmanned space missions
  • Manned space missions

In addition, space sciences impact or are related to many other fields, from the biology of organisms in space environments to the geology of other bodies and planets, as well as nuclear physics in interstellar space and inside stars.