In January 2025, China launched a spacecraft called Shijian-25 with a mission no country had publicly accomplished before: ...
It's easy to measure fuel in tanks on Earth, where gravity pulls the liquid to the bottom. But in space, the game changes. Quantifying fuel that's floating around inside a spacecraft's tank isn't so ...
Boeing has plans for a space gas station which would allow up to 15 times more payload to be sent to the moon in some missions. The system would allow for two to three times more payload for many ...
Orbit Fab, a startup developing in-space refueling services, plans to work with lunar exploration company ispace on propellant harvesting and delivery. Credit: ispace and Orbit Fab SAN FRANCISCO – ...
Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and ...
CycloKinetics, a US propellant company, has unveiled a new family of superfuels for aircraft, missiles, and rockets that ...
NASA's LOXSAT mission tests orbital refueling. See how space gas stations could make long-haul missions to the Moon and Mars ...
Update, June 24 at 9:20 p.m. EDT: SpaceX has announced they are now targeting a 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) launch time, three hours into their original launch window. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's ...
NASA has put out the call for greener propellant fuel for use on the spacecraft of the future. Though it does not appear that NASA has stipulated that alternative propellants must match the ...