To keep solar power stations from getting lazy, Sandia National Laboratories scientist John Sandusky is looking to give heliostat mirrors a side hustle.
SoaceX tarship remains the most ambitious rocket, with thrust three times that of Saturn V and aiming for full rapid reusability. The biggest challenge is creating a fully reusable orbital heat shield, which has never been achieved before.
In a dramatic reshaping of the U.S. space defense landscape, the Trump administration is pivoting away from Elon Musk's SpaceX and actively courting Jeff Bezos' Amazon (AMZN) -backed Project Kuiper as part of its ambitious Golden Dome missile defens
Donald Trump's efforts to cut ties with Elon Musk and SpaceX hit a road block when a formal review laid out just how crucial his contracts are to America's dominance in space.
Proving that you can't keep a good technology down, Reaction Engines' Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) has a new lease on life after a British-led consortium announced Invictus, a new program to build a Mach 5+ spaceplane.
In the vacuum of space, two pieces of the same metal can permanently bond - without heating, welding, or even force. This strange phenomenon is called cold welding.
What will the orbital spacecraft of tomorrow look like? If Dassault Aviation has its way, it could be similar to its Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d'Exploration (VORTEX) reusable spaceplane unveiled at the recent Paris Air Show.
In a bid to preserve humanity's view of the cosmos, a UK-led research team is preparing to launch a groundbreaking satellite coated in Vantablack 310 -- a material so dark it absorbs 99.965% of light.
During a late-night static-fire test at Starbase, Texas, a SpaceX Starship rocket slated for Flight 10 suffered a "major anomaly" and exploded on a test stand.
Pulsar UK has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) for the Pulsar's 5kW MOONRANGER Hall-effect thrusters, which are being live test-fired.
Developed in collaboration with Mach33, ARK's open-source SpaceX model yields an expected enterprise value in 2030 of ~$2.5 trillion, generating a ~38% compound annual rate of return from its last funding round at $350 billion in December 2024.