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Tiny spacecraft could travel across interstellar space with this 'trampoline' lightsail
"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...
Falling space junk poses a growing risk to air travel safety — and could harm the economy too, experts warn
Talk about a potentially explosive issue. The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes ...
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Mars in 30 days? Russia unveils prototype of plasma rocket engine
A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...
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International Team Readies the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe for Launch
Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...
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Someone Is Looking Into Orbital Shipyards, Because We All Need Spacecraft to Escape Earth
American space agency NASA awarded a NIAC grant to ThinkOrbital for a study into building a shipyard in space using ...
ESA’s LightShip: Revolutionizing Mars Exploration With Low-Cost Spacecraft
ESA is revolutionizing access to Mars with its LightShip initiative, focusing on small, cost-effective spacecraft. This new ...
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX in 2018.
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Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using "Artificial Photosynthesis"
Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...
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Explained: How success of SpaDeX mission is key for ISRO's ambitious space programmes
Technical challenges have delayed the undocking process. Satellites have sufficient quantity of propellant to conduct ...