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Design an interstellar 'generation ship' to spend decades among the stars with Project Hyperion competition
A new design competition, dubbed Project Hyperion, is calling for submissions for the design of a crewed interstellar ...
Spacecraft could be fuelled by space junk collected in orbit
Spacecraft could soon be powered by space junk collected in orbit with a new engine that runs on scrap metal. British tech ...
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EOI Space Achieves Milestone with Successful Testing of Flight Propulsion System
EOI Space is thrilled to announce the successful completion of the first phase testing of our leading-edge, sixth-generation hall effect thruster (HET-F).
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Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away
Voyager 1 relays messages to NASA’s mission control team after losing contact due to a technical issue. The aging spacecraft ...
Using multimode propulsion for more efficient trips in space
Over the span of two projects, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated using a propulsion ...
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Viridian develops on air-breathing electric propulsion
SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup Viridian Space Corp. is developing an electric propulsion system for spacecraft in very low Earth orbit that scoops up air for plasma thrusters. The ...
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Nuclear propulsion system proposed for European space missions
A consortium led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel has completed the European Space Agency-commissioned RocketRoll ...
NASA reconnects with interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft using technology not used in decades
NASA reconnected with Voyager 1, which is located nearly 15 billion miles away from Earth, after a brief pause that triggered ...
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Advancing Space Travel: The Promise of Multimode Propulsion
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have made significant strides in enhancing spacecraft efficiency ...
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First Significant Changes in Over a Decade to US Export Controls on Space-Related Items and Activities
U.S. export controls on space-related items were last significantly revised in 2014. Since then, the industry has continued to evolve towards a ...
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What’s Up: November 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.
The Times of India on MSN3d
Lost for almost 50 years, Nasa reconnects with Voyager 1 spacecraft 15 billion miles away
It could take days or weeks for the team to pinpoint the root cause that activated the fault protection system. When the ...