Shell’s revamped strategy is a ‘successful failure’
In 1970, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) described the Apollo 13 mission as "successful failure" ...
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US' in-orbit mobile carrier to rapidly deploy space vehicles, tackle satellite threats
US Space Force aims to deploy maneuverable spacecraft, not as isolated units but housed within a central "mothership" capable ...
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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 ...
‘His stamina isn’t there’: NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore’s wife shares his struggles of adjusting to gravity after space
NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore is facing significant health challenges after a nine-month stint in space. Barry experiences ...
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NASA Tests AI’s Ability To Engineer A Spaceship
Speaking a spaceship into existence using artificial intelligence is something out of a Marvel movie. But NASA thinks that could happen soon. A small research group is testing the idea that, with a ...
Gravitics wins support from Space Force to create an orbital carrier for space vehicles
The U.S. Space Force has chosen Gravitics to build and fly an orbital carrier that could send up maneuverable military space ...
Wife of NASA astronaut reveals health side effect he's suffering from after arriving back to Earth
The wife of NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has revealed a side effect he's suffering from since his return to Earth ...
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 ...
Firm wins Space Force funding to provide an “aircraft carrier” in orbit
The US Space Force first demonstrated this tactically responsive capability with a launch on Firefly's Alpha rocket in 2023. As part of this "Victus Nox" test flight, a satellite was encapsulated into ...
The incredible £9.3bn island 'visible from space' full of the world’s best hotels
The archipelago is estimated to have cost a staggering $12billion (£9.5bn) to build, and is made from 120 million cubic ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe: The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Just Skimmed the Sun at 430,000 MPH
NASA's Parker Solar Probe just screamed past the Sun for the 23rd time, once again matching its own records for closest ...
Posh space bases of the future including floating 400-guest ‘orbital ring’ and Hilton’s Starlab with flying sky gym
LIVING in space is about to get a whole lot fancier as design companies race to get their futuristic bases floating around ...