Adam Steltzner spent nine years working to turn seven minutes of terror into NASA’s finest hour since the landing of Apollo 11 on the Sea of Tranquility. His is a fascinating insider... Read more
Pledge $12 or more and remote-pilot a lunar rover! If you’ve ever yearned to take part in a space program but haven’t been given the chance, then perhaps you should take a look at the Remote... Read more
Other applications include the safe removal of space debris and spacecraft maintenance Space innovators at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) are... Read more
Space exploration and natural resources Planetary Resources, a new player in the commercial space industry, is backed by a host of tech and aerospace luminaries with an integrated personal n... Read more
Those interested in participating in the program have until May 15 Last week NASA and NIKE kicked off “LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Challenge” to find 10 “game changing” innovations that could revam... Read more
Imagine reaching the Moon using just a fraction of a liter of fuel. With their ionic motor, MicroThrust, EPFL scientists and their European partners are making this a reality and ushering in... Read more
A fleet of small satellites fitted with solar-powered lasers Pioneering engineers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are developing an innovative technique based on lasers that coul... Read more
Propellant makes up over 90 percent of the weight of a spacecraft Imagine if every time you went for on a trip, you had to carry all the fuel required to get you to your destination a... Read more
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program in collaboration with NASA that is sure to intrigue Trekkieseverywhere. Called the 100-Year Starship Study, it’s desi... Read more
Sending Experiments into Orbit Affordably Tiny, standardized spacecraft are making orbital experiments affordable to even the smallest research groups. Developing, testing, launching and ope... Read more
The discovery of large quantities of water on the moon will have very significant implications for human space exploration, according to Kingston University space expert Dr Chris Welch. The... Read more