Space Exploration Technologies
How Accessible is Titanium On The Moon?
Mining the Moon to extract its resources is a critical step on humanity's path into the solar system. One of…
What’s the Best Material for a Lunar Tower?
Physical infrastructure on the Moon will be critical to any long-term human presence there as both America and China gear…
Unloading Cargo on the Moon
I don’t think it’s something I have ever really thought of! Robotic explorers can travel around the Solar System visiting…
Space Perspective Completes a Test Flight, Sending a Balloon to 30 km
It’s great to see so many private organisations entering the space sector. Space Perspective are another and they have just…
Could You Find What A Lunar Crater Is Made Of By Shooting It?
Americans are famously fond of their guns. So it should come as no surprise that a team of NASA scientists…
There Could be a Way to Fix Spacecraft at L2, Like Webb and Gaia
Billions of dollars of observatory spacecraft orbit around Earth or in the same orbit as our planet. When something wears…
An Ambitious Mission to Neptune Could Study Both the Planet and Triton
Mission concepts to the outer solar system are relatively common, as planetary scientists are increasingly frustrated by our lack of…
Can a Greenhouse with a Robotic Arm Feed the Next Lunar Astronauts?
Continuous human habitation of the Moon is the state aim of many major space-faring nations in the coming decades. Reaching…
What Did We Learn From Manufacturing the ACS3 Solar Sail Mission?
We recently reported on the successful deployment of the solar sail of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) technology…
Using A Space Elevator To Get Resources Off the Queen of the Asteroid Belt
Here at UT, we've had several stories that describe the concept of a space elevator. They are designed to make…