There’s more to deep-space missions than merely launching astronauts into outer space and saying “good luck!” The eventual goal necessitates a long-term plan for deep-space habitation; a place where ...

An illustration of the Ixion module, an upper stage left in orbit and refitted as a space station module, being attached to the ISS. Credit: NanoRacks HOUSTON — A five-month study supported by NASA ...

A new airplane design created by Swiss scientists could end airport gridlock forever. The idea, from Switzerland’s Federal Polytechnic Institute, calls for airplanes to have separate, interchangeable ...

Tesla has done amazing work in terms of revolutionizing the automotive industry and, because of it, it remains a huge source of inspiration, both for other carmakers and designers. This is a very good ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. LONDON — The deep-space flights of NASA's next manned spaceship will be powered by a European ...

The TPedge concept reduces the material and production costs of PV modules, since encapsulation foils and the lamination process are no longer needed. At the same time, the aging stability of the PV ...

If you want a faster desktop computer, you can swap out the CPU or even motherboard for a newer, faster model. But if you want a faster tablet, you pretty much have to go buy a new tablet. But what if ...

The computer-on-module industry is about to launch another product lifecycle that will create a new performance class after ETX/XTX and COM Express. Say hello to COM-HPC. Computer-on-modules (COMs) ...

HOUSTON — A five-month study supported by NASA has concluded that it is technically feasible to convert a launch vehicle upper stage into a habitat module that could be used on the International Space ...