'2,600 Kelvin': NASA successfully tests nuclear fuel for future space missions
NASA and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) have successfully tested a new nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) ...
China Astronauts Generate Rocket Fuel, Oxygen In Space Using "Artificial Photosynthesis"
The 12 experiments carried out at the Tiangong space station focused on key technologies such as the conversion of carbon dioxide at room temperature.
China Just Created Oxygen, Rocket Fuel In Space. Here's Why It's A Big Deal | Explained
China's Shenzhou-19 crew made oxygen and fuel via artificial photosynthesis on the Tiangong space station, aiding future moon ...
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268 new alloys: AI speeds up search for aerospace materials
Skoltech and MIPT researchers have sped up the search for high-performance metal alloys for the aerospace industry, ...
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Big Chemistry: Catalysts
Better still was when I learned that these things weren’t powered by complicated rockets but by plain hydrogen peroxide ... My little impromptu experiment went wrong in many ways, not least ...
Scientists Are Getting Closer to a Better Source of Rocket Fuel: Good Ol’ Water
Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.
Blue Origin puts a lunar spin on suborbital research flight of New Shepard rocket ship
For the first time, Blue Origin put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship through a couple of minutes' worth of moon-level ...
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Chinese Space Station Achieves First-Ever Oxygen and Rocket Fuel Production Using Artificial Photosynthesis
In a recent demonstration, Chinese astronauts operated a series of experiments that produced oxygen and rocket fuel in orbit ... which uses electricity from solar panels to split water into hydrogen ...
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NASA Faces The Promise And Peril Of Moondust
As NASA plans to establish a permanent Moon base via its Artemis program, it is looking to avoid the dangers of lunar ...