On April 21, 2022, at the NASA Stennis Space Center, the business that specializes in 3D printed high-performance rockets and orbit transfer modules, Launcher demonstrated nominal thrust, along with a pressure and oxidizer/fuel mix ratio for the very first time in its E-2 liquid rocket engine. E-2 is a 3D-printed, closed-cycle high performing liquid propulsion …
Projected for 2025 or 2026, China will be testing its very first repelling of an asteroid with a kinetic impactor test. This type of impact sends multiple spacecraft into the path or directly into a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) to shift its trajectory. Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) spoke to …
SpinLaunch created the Orbital Accelerator, a low orbit accelerator that uses centrifugal force to launch satellites into space. Its steel vacuum chamber and carbon fiber spinning arm can propel objects into space up to 5,000 miles per hour, breaking through the majority of Earth’s gravity pull. Creating a sustainable option that is free from rocket …
Kinetic launch company SpinLaunch and NASA sign Space Act Agreement Read More »
Startup Aquarian Space has received seed funding to bring high speed internet to the moon and then eventually to Mars. The $650,000 injection of funds from Draper Associates makes the projected 2024 broadband communication capabilities between Earth and the Moon a closer reality. Entitled the Solnet; “High-speed delivery satellite networks” with speeds up to 100 …
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Teledyne Brown Engineering, Sierra Space, and Nissan have all been pursuing space technology to a varying degree. At the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado, these three companies announced they will be working together with Nasa to build a crewed vehicle for further exploration and scientific research on the Moon. Since the 1960s Teledyne Brown Engineering …
Nissan, Teledyne, and Sierra Space combine forces to design the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Read More »
The Tiangong Space Station’s two upcoming space laboratories – the Wentian and Mengtian modules are scheduled to conduct experiments on how food production can be viable in a space setting. With mankind on the verge of living in otherworldly habitats other than that of Earth, scientists are pondering how long can humans actually survive in …
China is at the forefront of how humans will survive in space Read More »
