NASA puts biggest rocket pieces together for Artemis II moon mission
The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...
An Engineer's Leap into Sci-Fi Writing- Wisam B. Ra'ad on The Internet of Heaven
Ra'ad's debut novel, The Internet of Heaven, tells the story of a scientist named Sammy Hanna and his journey through ...
SpaceX Rocket Leaves a Glowing Spiral in the Sky, Visible Across Europe
Frozen fuel from the Falcon 9 rocket launched Monday created a luminous display for several minutes, and was seen by people from England to Eastern Europe.
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Ultra-thin lightsails with billions of tiny holes to enable high-speed space travel
Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to achieving that dream.
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China to challenge Elon Musk’s space power with 6 reusable rocket launches this year
Chinese startups, backed by President Xi Jinping, aim to surpass SpaceX in the next five years with reusable rockets and ...
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Ex-ArianeGroup CEO backs Pangea to build 3D-printed aerospike rocket engines
Among the investors was André-Hubert Roussel, former CEO of ArianeGroup, who oversaw the development of Europe’s only ...