New Satellite Engine Could Use Earth’s Atmosphere as Fuel To Stay in Orbit Indefinitely
Fully Assembled RF Helicon-based Plasma Thruster. Credit: F. Romano A satellite engine that uses atmospheric gases as fuel…
Can rockets ride on a microwave beam? A radical launch idea is moving beyond the lab
Every rocket that leaves Earth must lift not only its payload, but also the enormous supply of propellant…
Meet Dr Robert Sola Okojie: The Nigerian engineer inducted into Nasa’s Inventors Hall of Fame after 21 years |
Innovation often begins with solving problems that others consider impossible. For Dr Robert Sola Okojie, a Nigerian-born engineer…
MIT’s New Dual-Mode Rocket System Could Send Tiny Satellites to Mars
These four flight unit electrospray thrusters were delivered by MIT Space Propulsion Laboratory to NASA for the upcoming…
Inside This SpaceX Billionaire’s Mission To Build A Fleet Of Outer Space Taxis
Tom Mueller is driving his candy green Porsche Taycan Turbo S the way he builds rocket engines: with…
Europe Just Unveiled a Serious Rival to SpaceX’s Starship
SpaceX Starship ignition during its launch on IFT-5. Credit: Steve Jurvetson A DLR analysis suggests Starship may define…
Jail sentence means child abductor may be deported
A former Brampton, Ont., real estate agent who was found guilty of child abduction in Thessalon faces possible…
NASA’s supersonic ‘Son of Concorde’ plane close to take-off | National
(NASA via SWNS) A “son of Concorde” that could fly from London to New York in under four…
What is Arc, the hypersonic space delivery game-changer?
Arc’s rapid delivery capabilities have significant implications for various sectors: Military Logistics: The US military could leverage Arc…
Future SpaceX Starship flights could cross Southern Arizona
Elon Musk’s Starship could one day streak through the skies above parts of Southern Arizona — and cause…
Kirigami-inspired parachutes with programmable reconfiguration
Zhai, Z., Wu, L. & Jiang, H. Mechanical metamaterials based on origami and kirigami. Appl. Phys. Rev. 8,…