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September 26 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk twitted: "SpaceX propulsion just achieved first firing of the Raptor interplanetary transport engine" Elon Musk revealed more Sept. 27, 2016 at his talk at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Me
Gerald Black - Nuclear Fusion is the solution to energy problems and to advance space propulsion
This is one of the Nextbigfuture article series reviewing developments in 2016 and looking ahead to developments over the next few years.
Existing covered areas and domes on Earth are in the 30-40 acre ranges and with costs of $400 million to 1 billion.
Today, SpaceX filed with the FCC to obtain the rights to operate 4,400 satellites to offer internet services from orbit, a plan that was announced last year.
Today, SpaceX filed with the FCC to obtain the rights to operate 4,400 satellites to offer internet services from orbit, a plan that was announced last year.
The company will not meet its 2017 deadline.
How are the governments installing and maintaining all this gigantic equipment in outer space. This video provides some very important insights into who,what,when,where and how. The creative director behind this amazing documentary is dead.
DN-3 missile spotted preparing for launch
John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and, later, the oldest human to leave the planet, died on December 8, 2016. He was 95 years old.
To get to the spaceship convention I have to go to Chattanooga.
Our lives depend on a world we can't see: the satellite infrastructure we use every day for information, entertainment, communication and so much more.
While we like to imagine little green men, it's far more likely that life on other planets will be microbial. Planetary scientist Nathalie Cabrol takes us inside the search for microbes on Mars, a hunt which counterintuitively leads us to the remote
Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of ma
Restore-L could fix broken satellites and clean up space junk
On Sept. 27, 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will dive headlong into Saturn, after spending 13 years exploring the ringed planet and many of its moons.
The 22-nation European Space Agency on Dec. 2 forced its science program to lay an offering at the altar of the agency's struggling ExoMars mission with Russia, allowing a European rover to be launched in 2020 to complement the Mars orbiter already i
With a pretty crowded launch manifesto and plans for deep space exploration, there are a few interested parties eyeing SpaceX's next move following the recent launchpad explosion that took out its Falcon 9 rocket.
Futuristic plans for a "moon village" proposed by the European Space Agency (Esa) are winning support from around the world.
SUPERPOWERS are preparing to dominate in a devastating space war, which could destroy life on Earth as we know it, experts have warned.
The holiday shopping rush is upon us, and this year, one online vendor is offering something a little different from the rest: Rockets. No, not models.
Siemens is a prime driver of the 4th Industrial Revolution, implementing Smart Grid and Robotics technologies. Technocrats build because they can, not because of a public need. ? TN Editor
As missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have grown longer, astronauts have been repeatedly complaining of blurred vision and, fearing that this condition might not be reversible on returning from Earth, NASA has been investigating th
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Thermal Protection System Facility, or "TPSF", is one of the many centers that has had to redefine itself in the post-shuttle era.
Having been attached to the International Space Station for six months, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, better known as BEAM, is already providing data that will inform the design of future human-rated expandable space habitats. The module wa
The launch of the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft in western China last month marked another great leap forward for the nation's space program and its ambition to send manned missions to the moon and, eventually, Mars.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is the nation's preeminent "space city"--one of only three places where humans are blasted into the cosmos. Six manned flights have departed from here, including last month's Shenzhou 11 mission to China's o
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An inflatable space habitat that could save weight and volume on future missions is showing how well it can do its job. The verdict: So far, it works, and that gives the habitat a better chance of being part of future space efforts.
The first people to step foot on Mars will face steep challenges and potentially deadly situations. In last night's (Nov. 21) episode of "Mars," the National Geographic Channel's six-part docudrama, five crewmembers fight for their lives after landin
