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

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

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.

A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...

The development of the engine is expected to make interplanetary trips much faster and expand humanity's access to worlds ...

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

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

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