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Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel
In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...
Techno-Science.net on MSN12h
A new nuclear spacecraft technology to explore the Solar System 🚀
A British start-up has unveiled an ambitious project that could transform space exploration. Their idea? Using nuclear fusion ...
NASA puts biggest rocket pieces together for Artemis II moon mission
The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN1d
This Futuristic Fusion Rocket Could Slash Interplanetary Travel Time—And It’s Almost Ready
A secretive UK-based startup has just pulled back the curtain on a futuristic space propulsion project that sounds like ...
Interesting Engineering2d
Ultra-thin lightsails with billions of tiny holes to enable high-speed space travel
Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...
The Debrief2d
Lightsails That Can Travel 20% of The Speed of Light Move Closer to Reality
A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more ...