Humans doing difficult, repetitive tasks or those who need assistance with movement may soon get a helping hand – literally – thanks to robotic technology developed to serve astronauts in sp... Read more
EVERYTHING about space flight is superlative. Even relatively modest rockets are hundreds of feet high. The biggest (the Saturn V, which launched astronauts to the Moon) remains the most pow... Read more
On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there’s the more practical problem of waste — in particular, what to do with astronaut pee. But rather than ejecting it into space, scientist... Read more
Paves the Way for Future Deep Space Missions Including Asteroid Exploration In a breakthrough that will help make it possible for astronauts and robots to work together in deep space, resear... Read more
A private San Francisco start-up has launched the largest-ever ensemble of satellites The constellation of Earth-imaging satellites launched yesterday—28 individual sputniks, called “Doves,”... Read more
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that gravitational unloading significantly impairs the function of endothelial cells, as evidenced by gene expression studies conducted in space As... Read more
With Raspberry Pis and 3D printing all the rage, ambitious DIY projects have never been more achievable. However, when it comes to space experiments, it’s still a professionals-only game. St... Read more
NASA has big plans for 3-D printing in space, where mined asteroid materials could resupply longer missions The infamous NASA tool bag lost in space during a November 2008 International Spac... Read more
The purpose of the initiative is to gather more information on asteroids for mining NASA has released new concept images and animations outlining one version of its plan to capture an astero... Read more
Electromagnetic propulsion could exponentially expand satellite capabilities by providing a propellant-less formation flight technology New electromagnetic propulsion technology being tested... Read more
When astronauts launch into space, a microbial entourage follows. And the sheer number of these followers would give celebrities on Twitter a run for their money. The estimate is that normal... Read more
Just as remotely-operated vehicles help humans explore the depths of the ocean from above, NASA has begun studying how a similar approach may one day help astronauts explore other worlds. On... Read more
NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen tr... Read more
Mars has always been Shangri-La for space buffs. Two new private missions show that its lure is as strong as ever ON JULY 20th 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the Moon,... Read more
Rocket University is designed to develop, refine and maintain flight engineering skills As NASA plans for future spaceflight programs to low-Earth orbit and beyond, teams of engineers at the... Read more
