Reusable rockets enable China to rapidly rebuild satellite kill chain
China has achieved two major reusable rocket recovery milestones in little more than a month, potentially bringing the…
Tiny satellite to listen to the universe from the dark side of the Moon
CosmoCube is roughly the size of a small carry-on suitcase and will use the Moon as a shield…
SpaceMaRS: Advancing in-space manufacturing for the future space economy
Experts developed roadmaps for robotic assembly, resilient materials, lunar habitats, and demonstration infrastructure to advance space manufacturing The…
10 rockets that completely changed what was possible in spaceflight
Rocket design has progressed through a series of engineering breakthroughs rather than one single technological leap. Some rockets…
‘AI needs proper training for use in space tech’
Avid listeners at the programme Lucknow: Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a major role in space technology, but…
Huge space radars to track tiny objects could be assembled by robots
Space is becoming increasingly crowded, and tracking the objects orbiting Earth is becoming a harder engineering problem. NASA…
Super-Speed AI Helps Astronomers Find Cosmic Trove Of New Exoplanets
Seven Earth doppelgängers circle the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one of the most astonishing exosolar systems discovered so…
Starship’s launches next-gen Starlink satellites and improves re-entry
SpaceX has completed another major milestone in the development of its fully reusable Starship launch system, successfully deploying…
International Space Station’s $23 million toilet does far more than collect waste. It helps recycle about 98% of the station’s water into drinking water |
Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) depends on making the most of every available resource, especially water.…
Cosmic-ray detector installed in Bolivia strengthens global space weather network
A $600 cosmic-ray detector carried from Atlanta to the Andes makes Bolivia the newest node in a worldwide…
Producing water on the Moon and beyond through ISRU
The same chemistry of planet-formation can, in reverse, generate water from lunar regolith with a dash of hydrogen…
NASA launches rescue mission to save ageing Swift space telescope
A spacecraft launched by NASA is attempting to rescue an ageing space observatory whose orbit has been lowered…