Congress is worried that China and its Tiangong space station will make research gains against the U.S. after the ISS retires in 2030. New legislation aims to counter that.
Using in-situ propellant has been a central pillar of the plan to explore much of the solar system. The logic is simple - the less mass (especially in the form of propellant) we have to take out of Earth’s gravity well, the less expensive,…
THE International Space Station's days are numbered. Nasa plans to decommission the much-loved base in 2030, sending it crashing to Earth in pieces before dropping into the ocean. The ISS was launched back in 1998 and was originally meant…
THE International Space Station's days are numbered. Nasa plans to decommission the much-loved base in 2030, sending it crashing to Earth in pieces before dropping into the ocean. The ISS was launched back in 1998 and was originally meant…
China purposely delayed the return of its Shenzhou–20 crew from the country’s space station. The reason: a suspected impact of space debris that compromised the crew’s return vessel’s window. Space officials in that country labeled the…