A new NASA-funded spacecraft concept could help future explorers identify mineral resources on distant planets and moons ...
In a mind-bending exploration of cosmic proportions, we set out on a journey to walk the entire solar system within the ...
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NASA has selected a team led by Southwest Research Institute to be a founding member of the agency’s new Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). The recently formed team, known ...
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The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells made out of simulated Moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy efficiently, ...
China envisions exploring the solar system, and it seems that would happen soon. The country launched Tianwen-2, an innovative space probe tasked with retrieving samples from an uncharted asteroid and ...
Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...
Rocket Lab launches IMM Apex solar cells with 31.5% efficiency and 40% lower mass, strengthening its space power portfolio as ...