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10/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

California-based space company testing a mini propulsion system for planetary microsat missions

An American space technology company is almost ready to release a new propulsion system that could one day be installed on most spacecraft. The improved thrusters will be small enough to mount on microsatellites, yet powerful enough to propel larger space probes on interplanetary missions away from Earth, an article in Space.com stated. The system […]

08/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Wind power on Mars is a “feasible” idea, concludes new study

Looks like there is another good long-term source of power for Martian exploration vehicles aside from a nuclear reactor. Danish researchers reported that Mars has enough wind to generate useful levels of power, an article in Space.com stated. The Aarhus University (AU) research team started looking into the feasibility of wind power on Mars in late 2010. […]

06/26/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Mars Helicopter to travel with NASA during Red Planet Rover mission scheduled on 2020

NASA has already put space probes in orbit around Mars and rovers on its surface. In a few more years, it will put a helicopter in the skies of the Red Planet, the space agency announced on its homepage. When the Mars 2020 planetary mission takes off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, it will be […]

06/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Future missions to Mars being made to detect amino acids

The soil on Mars is filled with chemical compounds that make short work of organic compounds. Yet NASA remains hopeful about finding signs of life on the Red Planet, so the agency developed an experiment for a future Mars mission that can detect amino acids, an article in Space.com stated. Amino acids are considered to […]

06/02/2018 / By David Williams

Researchers develop lithium-ion batteries that keep working even in sub-zero temperatures, showing potential for use in future space missions

Lithium-ion batteries became the global standard for power that they are because of one simple reason: They just work. They’ve been used to power all sorts of things from consumer electronic gadgets to industrial-level devices. Now a team of researchers in China has managed to come up with a method that could completely remove one […]

05/06/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Space researchers develop new AI technology that can determine whether life may exist on other worlds

Is there life outside the world as we know it? Scientists and astronauts have yet to find the answer to this mystery. But they’re on their way — if new technology using artificial intelligence to classify planets and, in turn, find out if life does exist outside our world — can help us. The new […]

04/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Robo-bees are the reimagined rover: NASA plans to send them to Mars

NASA has got an inspiring bee stuck in its bonnet. The agency recently announced plans for a robotic bee that will be able to buzz through the thin air of Mars. If it pans out, swarms of these tiny robot drones might one day replace traditional rovers, according to a LiveScience article. Rovers are big, […]

03/14/2018 / By David Williams

Elon Musk plans to re-use components of SpaceX flights to save money

It’s been decades since the first space-bound flight and it’s still far too costly to send a rocket all the way from Earth into space. For this reason, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is looking to re-use certain components of its future flights in order to save some money. And the company may be close to perfecting […]

02/23/2018 / By David Williams

Lockheed Martin has begun construction on the Orion crew capsule, intended to take humans to the moon, then Mars

In case you were wondering how far along current efforts are in bringing humans back to regions of space that are farther than low-Earth orbit, you’re in luck, as Lockheed Martin has recently issued a new update. It concerns the firm’s work in one of the major components of a spacecraft that will be used […]

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