Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
This is the Year Internet From Space Gets Really Serious
This year, a number of companies will begin deploying constellations of internet satellites to space with the intent of providing…
This is the Strangest Idea Ever for a Spacecraft Propulsion System: Ferrofluids
A new study from Michigan Tech presents a new concept for small satellite propulsion, one which relies on magnetically-activated fluids…
I Wonder if it has Room Service? Here’s the Space Hotel that Won a Recent NASA Competition
A team of MIT graduate students was recently honored by NASA's RASC-AL competition for their MARINA space habitat design
What is the International Space Station?
In orbit of Earth, at an altitude of between 330 and 435 km (205 and 270 mi), is the International…
NASA Invests In Radical Game-Changing Concepts For Exploration
As part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, NASA recently announced 13 radical proposals for funding and development
Here’s a Better Use for Fighter Jets: Launching Satellites
For decades, the human race has been deploying satellites into orbit. And in all that time, the method has remained…
2015 Expected to be a Record-Breaking Year for Soyuz-2 Workhorse
2014 was a banner year for the Russian Space Agency, with a record-setting fourteen launches of the next generation unmanned…