DARPA Phoenix Program to Recycle Space Debris
The problem of space debris is becoming more and more acute. (Credits: impactlab.net). The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)... Read more →
NASA Announces Orion Unmanned Test Flight
NASA managers have approved the Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) mission, which will consist of an unmanned flight of the Orion crew vehicle in... Read more →
New Study Reveals Persistent Changes in Astronauts’ Eyes and Vision
NASA astronaut Ron Garan gazes at Earth from the International Space Station. Research indicates long-duraction spaceflights may negatively impact... Read more →
NASA Developing Tractor Beam Technology
The video below illustrates three tractor beam technologies being researched by NASA, which may be used to collect particles for study.... Read more →
Mars500 Hatch Opens After 520 Days
Source: ESA 4 November 2011 The record-breaking simulated mission to Mars has ended with smiling faces after 17 months. Mars500’s six... Read more →
NASA Considering In-Orbit Fuel Depots
NASA aspires to advance to a new era of space missions enabled by orbiting fuel depots. Project Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer (CPST) will... Read more →