There has been much discussion in the space community recently about building large data centers in orbit to avoid the ...
The International Space Station is marking 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit. Nearly 300 people have lived aboard ...
Harvesting solar energy in orbit and beaming it down to Earth is a decades-old idea. Now, a raft of companies say they could ...
Blink and you’ll miss it, the International Space Station (ISS) travels a blistering 17,500 miles per hour, circling the ...
NASA's fleet of Space Shuttles could survive challenging solar conditions, but needed a boost to get around on Earth. Here's ...
The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who ...
On Oct. 26, a SpaceX liftoff from Florida saw SpaceX break its own annual launch record. Soon, Florida's Space Coast will see ...
Design transforms heat into electrical energy via thermionic electron emission.
Being in orbit is great. Not so much if you want a carbonated beverage Andrew J. Ross These two cola cans—which were customized for use aboard the space shuttle—are in the permanent collection of the ...
McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and held leadership positions at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Astronaut Megan McArthur has ...
A group of gold commemorative coins that traveled into orbit aboard an infamous NASA space shuttle recently fetched a series of historically high bids at auction. Ever since a collection of Sacagawea ...