NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has officially begun its journey of cosmic exploration after successfully ejecting its dust ...

Reaching Mars is no simple feat. While the idea of sending humans to the Red Planet is gaining traction, the journey itself presents immense challenges. With NASA and private companies like SpaceX ...

With Sunbird in Orbit: A spacecraft launches to LEO (~9.4 km/s), docks with a Sunbird, and then the Sunbird’s fusion propulsion handles the rest. 3–5 km/s to Mars or 6–10 km/s to Jupiter. The initial ...

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 work, which was completed with the RTX Technology Research Center, marks another step forward for this novel propulsion concept, which offers high thermal efficiency and performance in a ...

A spacecraft from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, set to launch as early as Sunday evening, will seek answers to the mystery of cosmic inflation. Before there was ...

The instrument, which is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... have a distinct design of three cone-shaped layers of photon shields that allow it to operate at temperatures of minus ...

The improved configuration is the... Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs. Pratt & Whitney’s GTF Advantage Cleared For ...