the man of science, devoted as he is to the open-minded examination of the facts of Nature as he finds them revealed by experiment, completely free as he should be of dogma and preconceived ideas ...

The European Space Agency LightShip initiative is studying the possibilities for a propulsive tug, or "interplanetary ...

The first-stage booster flew for the 23rd and final time since it needed to be expended to get the payload to an interplanetary transfer orbit. The booster had previously flown both the Crew-1 and ...

The Sunbird Migratory Transfer Vehicle is designed to cut mission times to Mars by half while offering a reusable, ...

Unlike most interplanetary probes, Dawn is not propelled by a chemical rocket engine, but by a solar-electric ion propulsion system, particularly suitable for long-distance flights. This innovative ...