Search results
Rocket Lab launches NASA's solar sail technology into orbit
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days agoRocket Lab's Electron launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo...
NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn
SpaceNews· 4 days agoA NASA Mars smallsat mission is slated to launch in late September on the first flight of Blue...
China ready to launch lunar far side sample return mission
SpaceNews· 4 hours agoChina rolled out the rocket to launch its Chang’e-6 mission early Saturday, with the aim of...
NASA seeks help from private companies for expensive Mars Sample Return mission
UPI· 4 days agoAn illustration depicts the Mars Ascent Vehicle rocket launching Red Planet rock samples into space...
Private moon lander will carry Nokia's 4G cell network to the lunar surface this year
SPACE.com· 57 minutes agoNokia is developing a LTE/4G communications system for the moon, and its first piece of the network might launch as soon as late this year. Hardware for a simplified version of the network is ...
Liftoff! NASA’s Next-Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology Launched
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoThe microwave oven-sized satellite is on its way to low Earth orbit to test its next-generation...
NASA will unfurl a 860-square-foot solar sail from within a microwave-sized cube
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe fundamentals behind solar sails aren’t in question. By capturing the pressure emitted by solar...
Building rockets and looking for life on Venus: Q&A with Rocket Lab's Peter Beck
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSpace.com caught up with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck recently to talk about the company's...
NASA to launch solar sail, navigate space using sunlight
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWith new composite booms, it could transform how we explore our solar system. (Correction from our...
Streaming and texting on the Moon: Nokia and NASA are taking 4G into space | CNN Business
CNN.com· 5 days agoA SpaceX rocket is due to launch this year — the exact date has yet to be confirmed — carrying a...