Hidden 'shapes' within plasma beams may boost next-generation space rockets
Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...
How Electric Thrusters Are Revolutionizing Space Exploration
A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...
Why the ‘race for space’ has only just begun
On May 2, 1945, just a few days before World War II ended and two days after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Nazi scientist ...
The Mars Helicopter That Survived 72 Flights and Changed Planetary Exploration
Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...
NASA Unveils New Mars Drone Design: A Larger, Enhanced Version Of Ingenuity Helicopter
The "Mars Chopper" as NASA is calling it, appears bulkier compared to its predecessor and has a greater payload capacity.
The US's biggest moments and upsets in space this year
See the US achieve many firsts in space exploration this year from SpaceX's wild rocket catch to Intuitive Machines' historic ...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Conquers Jezero Crater Rim Revealing Mars’ Hidden History
Perseverance, NASA’s Mars rover, has completed a daring ascent of Jezero Crater's rim, tackling steep grades and rugged ...
Nasa develops swimming robots to find life on Jupiter’s moon
When it comes to finding alien life on other planets, most astrobiologists will tell you to “follow the water ...
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Evapotranspiration Algorithms
This organization will contain the evapotranspiration remote sensing algorithms developed at NASA Jet Propulsion laboratory for the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station ...
140 Trillion Oceans Of Water Found In Space Around 12 Billion Light-Years Away
This vast reservoir resides near a supermassive black hole, approximately 20 billion times more massive than our sun.
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Big Changes Underway For Icon A5 Production, Leadership
An Icon A5 on exhibit at a past EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh. Credit: Molly McMillin/AWST Icon Aircraft, the manufacturer of the A5 amphibious light sport aircraft, is undergoing a major ...
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Aviation company unveils electric flying car with next-gen propulsion system: 'This is a brilliant concept'
CycloTech is banking on its unique propulsion system to be a differentiator once it hits the skies. The company hopes to complete the BlackBird demonstrator by the end of the year and start test ...