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The spacecraft technology that will take us to the stars, the Moon and possibly even to Mars, including news from NASA and private companies.
NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to explore
After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's…
SpaceX rocket blast probe: Foul play?
xThe mysterious explosion of a SpaceX rocket last month took an odd turn with a "cordial" encounter between staff…
Boeing Blended Wing Body spacecraft tested by NASA
NASA are already testing concepts that could be candidates, as their aeronautics engineers prepare to develop a…
I went to a space rock and all I got was extraterrestrial soil
Loaded with instruments and an extendable robotic arm, an SUV-sized spacecraft, will soon be barreling toward a…
Aeulus satellite helps understand Earth’s winds
A contract has been signed between ESA and Arianespace to secure the launch of the Aeolus satellite. With this…
NASA seeks novel concepts for spacecraft assembly
Managed by the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA’s Game Changing Development Program (GCD) and…
Insulation key to NASA SLS rocket
Insulation is one of those unsung industry heroes that keeps our drinks cold and homes warm on those bone-chilling…
EPFL team bottled it at the CanSat competition
In June, five EPFL students went to Texas for the competition final, where they put the device they had been…
Students fly a prototype of Prandtl-M, an aircraft that could fly in the Martian…
Some interns get coffee. Others might make copies. Not at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California,…
1969 Image shows MIT computer scientist with NASA’a Apollo flight software
What appears to be simply a woman standing next to a tall stack of papers is actually one of the computer…