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A Novel Propulsion System Would Hurl Hypervelocity Pellets at a Spacecraft to Speed it up
A new proposal for a pellet-beam spacecraft could enable interstellar missions and a Solar Gravitational Lens in a matter of…
Exploring the Outer Solar System Takes Power, Here’s a Way to Miniaturize Nuclear Batteries for Deep Space
As science and technology advance, we're asking our space missions to deliver more and more results. NASA's MSL Curiosity and…
Exploring the Moon’s Shadowed Regions Using Beamed Energy
NASA is exploring new concepts for its long-awaited return to the Moon, one of which promises to "beam" power wherever…
Stingray Glider to Explore the Cloudtops of Venus
Researchers at the University of Buffalo's CASH Lab are working on a glider inspired by the stingray to explore Venus.
Robotic asteroid mining spacecraft wins a grant from NASA
This year, the NASA's NIAC Program is looking at some really interesting ideas - such as a water-powered, laser-shooting, asteroid-mining…
NASA is Investigating a Self-Assembling Space Telescope
As part of the 2018 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NAIC) program, a team of scientists from across the US was…
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
Robot Spacecraft Swarm Among Group Tapped For More NASA Funding
How do crazy but neat ideas such as the Mars crane make it to space? It's through years, sometimes decades,…
Titan Balloon Among Far-Out Concepts NASA Selects For Funding
Sometimes a good idea takes some tinkering. You have a thought that it will work, but what it really requires…
‘TransFormers’ Could Beam Light Into Permanently Shadowed Craters
Permanently shadowed craters on the moon or Mercury are one of the most exciting locations to search for water. Because…