spacecraft
'Lunar Icecube' spacecraft could help NASA build a mine on the moon
Posted in Hardware on 4th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
By turning water into rocket fuel, colonizing the moon could practically pay for itself.
PTN interviews Escape Dynamics on the future of space technology
Posted in Interviews on 31st Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Escape Dynamics is developing Electromagnetically-powered single stage to orbit launch systems with the aim of dramatically reducing the cost of spaceflight.
Asteroid-mining milestone: Planetary Resources deploys first spacecraft into orbit
Posted in Hardware on 17th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Planetary Resources has deployed its first spacecraft test mission for several of the technologies required to hunt for asteroids.
Pluto revealed at last
Posted in Science on 15th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
The New Horizons probe has reached Pluto after a multi-billion-km flight across the Solar System lasting nine and a half years.
SpaceX recounts past mistakes before next barge test landing
Posted in Hardware on 26th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
SpaceX has published a post explaining how its Falcon 9 is designed to be able to fly back home, and also revisiting its failed barge landings in January and in April.