A new technology, known as the thruster system and developed by Hypernova Space Technologies (HST) based in Cape Town, gives mobility to satellites launched into space.From the smallest of satellites known as CubeSats, 10-centimeter cubes, to slightly larger ones...
We previously covered how Nanoracks is cooperating with Abu Dhabi to research the use of space tech to grow crops in inhospitable areas. The company aims to make space available to the commercial market. On October 21st, they announced they had found partners for...
For many, Star Trek is what awakened their imagination and made them think about how space travel might evolve and change society in the future. After all, the original show aired only a few years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space and America was...
Space is opening up. Initially being something reserved for states and governments, space is becoming feasible for an expanding range of commercial opportunities. One such opportunity, which has launched a micro space race of sorts, is creating motion pictures in...
On October 16, NASA is going to launch Lucy, a probe with a mission that is noteworthy in many respects. The mission is planned to last twelve years, during which Lucy will visit eight different asteroids with different orbits, more than any craft in history, and...
For those enthused by space travel, this is perhaps the most thrilling time to be alive. With renewed vigor, humanity strives to make space travel into a natural part of our lives. And the perhaps most exciting prospect is that of placing people on Mars. The distance...