"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

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If you’re packing for an interplanetary space mission—one that’s very long and might involve populating a faraway world—sending an all-female astronaut crew could be an intelligent choice.

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Scientists at Rosatom have unveiled a plasma electric rocket engine that is claimed to be capable of propelling spacecraft to ...

American space agency NASA awarded a NIAC grant to ThinkOrbital for a study into building a shipyard in space using ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

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Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...