The proposed station aims to revolutionize global energy supply by harnessing the sun's energy from space and transmitting it ...

Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...

By 2030, we will face an unprecedented situation: the first major space station in history will cease to exist. But what ...

and Japan's JAXA space agency have also been investigating the technology, with the latter scheduling the launch of a small, proof-of-concept satellite this year to assess its feasibility.

China has proposed an ambitious plan to build a 1km-wide solar power plant in Earth-geostationary orbit 36,000 km above sea ...

Source: JAXA So, if all goes to plan ... Space enthusiasts might remember SpaceX’s own point-to-point travel concept. The private space firm shared a concept video (below) in 2017.

ESA is revolutionizing access to Mars with its LightShip initiative, focusing on small, cost-effective spacecraft. This new ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical rockets. Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better ...

Japan’s space agency announced Nov. 25 that data ... general as falsifying and rewriting data,” said Hiroshi Sasaki, a JAXA vice president who heads the Human Spaceflight Technology ...