NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts is famous for supporting outlandish ideas in the astronomy and space exploration fields. Since being…
Power beaming is one of those technologies that can completely change the world. Almost unlimited power wherever it is needed,…
Ion thrusters have played second fiddle to chemical rockets for most of the history of space exploration. Part of that…
It’s been a long time coming, but NASA’s next moon rocket is just months from liftoff on its first uncrewed…
IBM Space Tech is launching Endurance, CubeSat mission that children from all over the world will be able to use…
Budget constraints are a major consideration for every space program throughout the world. Lately, NASA has taken a particularly bold…
Virgin Orbit has successfully tested its new air-launch system (LauncherOne) that will deliver small satellites to orbit in the near…
A team of MIT researchers have observed a Super-Earth using a CubeSat, making it the smallest satellite to study an…
LightSail 2 deployed it solar sail five months ago, and it's still orbiting Earth. It's a successful demonstration of the…
Picture two tissue box-sized spacecraft orbiting Earth. Then picture them communicating, and using a water-powered thruster to approach each other.…