XI'AN -- A Chinese research team announced Monday that a space ... system, working by ionizing the propellant to create plasma, which is then accelerated by an electromagnetic field to form a ...

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U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds, that could cut journey times across the solar system in half.

While technologically sophisticated, the suits recall the bulky look of the “pumpkin” pressure suits worn by space shuttle astronauts. (The Boeing suits are not compatible with the Dragon capsule.

She launched on her first mission on December 9, 2006 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to join ISS Expeditions 14 and 15 for a 195-day stint in orbit. Williams returned to the space station on ...

Both Wilmore and Williams transitioned to "long-duration" status early in the mission, so they could access the station's crew health care system, the agency tells ... work on the aft flight deck of ...

To maintain uniform thrust output, a precise monitoring and control system would be required, adding complexity to the system. As for using space debris as a fuel, Kim says it’s theoretically ...

Why Did Sunita Williams Go To Space? Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore embarked on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station on June 5 as part of NASA's initiative to test ...

But NASA controlled the launches and crews. That remained true for the Gemini and Apollo programs and the eventual development of the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that could glide to a ...

Inset: A satellite photo captured on March 16 by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellites shows the construction site of Ventarrones Astronomical Park in Chile's Atacama Desert ...