13 August 2018
NASA to partner with six US companies to develop space exploration technologies
... space sector that leverage emerging markets and capabilities to meet NASA's exploration goals. While these key technologies will support NASA's science and human exploration missions in the future, these awards are yet another example of NASA...
23 December 2020
Harmful stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets after all, new study says
... discovered an exoplanet around our nearest star four years ago, it seemed the perfect object in which to mount an exploration mission in the hopes of finding life. But then further studies showed that Proxima b was subjected to regular outbursts...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
...’s latest ambitions as the beginning of a formidable space race with the US. As along with Mars, China is also crafting an exploration mission to study the Jovian system set for launch sometime around 2030 and has revealed plans to build...
28 July 2021
Japan successfully tests rocket engine propelled by shock waves
... use in about five years, would be able to operate for extended periods of time for use on deep-space exploration missions.
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... + Partners As a concept, the LavaHive approach is a great example of how ISRU and 3D printing can be combined to enable exploration missions on the Martian surface. Many of the concepts, like the sintering of regolith, are already being proposed for...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
...constellations, and the fourth phase of the China Lunar Exploration Program. Overall, despite the 2020s having begun with... year, and future Chang’e missions, deep space exploration missions and even human lunar missions planned for later in the decade...
