But the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking at a far subtler approach to saving the planet – a gravity tractor. The plan involves sending a spacecraft to rendezvous with a dangerous asteroid ...

Mini-mag Orion and Other Designs Andrews Space in the early 2000s proposed Mini-mag orion. Mini-Mag Orion uses magnetic fields to compress and ignite small nuclear pellets, offering a more controlled ...

This station will serve as a stopover point where crews launched from Earth – using the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion space capsule – will be able to dock and resupply. Astronauts ...

NASA has given reporters a look at a spacecraft and a rocket to be used to orbit the Moon as part of the US-led international lunar exploration program, Artemis. The Orion module and the rocket ...

March 7 (UPI) --NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission ...

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service module ...

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service ...

"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!" NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft ...

Should the plan remain the same with the new administration, Starship will dock to the Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit, taking astronauts down to the surface. SpaceX has also repeatedly stated ...

Two NASA astronauts are expected to come home this month after being stranded in space since June. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were originally scheduled for an eight-day mission, but their ...

The company only stacked the Starship spacecraft atop the Super Heavy booster this morning. Such last-minute assembly is not common in the world of rocketry. Huot said the company opted to wait to ...

During the last Starship test run in January, the spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, damaged a car, and littered populated islands with debris. One noteworthy point: The company only stacked ...