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 ...