The MESSENGER spacecraft will soon run literally on fumes. After more than 10 years traveling in space, nearly four of those orbiting Mercury, the spacecraft has expended most of its propellant and was on course to impact ...
Space Exploration
Dec 26, 2014
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Space launches have evoked the same image for decades: bright orange flames exploding beneath a rocket as it lifts, hovers and takes off into the sky. But an alternative propulsion system proposed by some researchers could ...
Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less costly, a consideration ...
Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2009
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(Phys.org)—"Last winter, I fantasized about sitting at my computer while a camera-equipped drone followed him overhead." That is the revelation of a father who provides a detailed account of building an Arduino-based ...
(AP) -- It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again.
Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2012
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How do you fly on a world with no atmosphere? Wings won't work and neither do propellers. And don't even try that parachute!
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2009
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The electric sail (ESAIL), invented by Dr. Pekka Janhunen at the Finnish Kumpula Space Centre in 2006, produces propulsion power for a spacecraft by utilizing the solar wind. The sail features electrically charged long and ...
Space Exploration
Jan 8, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to successfully manufacture the first full-scale friction stir welded and spun formed tank dome ...
Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2009
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A new generation of rocket propellants for deep space exploration such as ionic liquid propellants with long endurance and high stability, are attracting significant attention. However, ionic liquid propellants are strongly ...
In cooperation with several partners, Siemens has created its second aircraft powered by an electric series hybrid drive system. The two-seat DA36 E-Star 2 plane recently made its one-hour maiden flight and was then presented ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 9, 2013
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