A team of Japanese engineers recently constructed a scale-model of a space elevator, which will be sent to the ISS…
A team from the University of Manchester recently tested their prototype for a spinning heat shield, a lightweight, compact design…
The Fenix propulsion system, a pen-sized thruster designed by Italian tech company D-Orbit, could revolutionize the way CubeSats operate in…
The RemoveDebris satellite, a spacecraft designed to remove junk from orbit, recently deployed from the ISS to begin demonstrating its…
Nanosatellites and CubeSats may change the face of space exploration.
In a significant move towards further expansion of the International Space Station’s (ISS) burgeoning research and commercial space economy capabilities,…
Upon departing the ISS after a month-long stay, the Cygnus CRS OA-5 mission began conducting a controlled fire experiment... in…
Developed near the turn of the century, CubeSat technology has made space exploration and orbital research a lot more accessible.
Scientists at NASA"s Goddard Space Flight Center are developing the photon sieve, a small, inexpensive device designed to study the…
NASA's two small MarCO CubeSats will be flying past Mars in 2016 just as NASA's next Mars lander, InSight, is…